CONSTITUTIONAL COMMENTARY AND EVENTS
ARTICLES AND STATEMENTS
CONDOLENCES FOR THE PASSING OF PRINCE MANGOSUTHU BUTHELEZI
The FW de Klerk Foundation has learned with the greatest sadness of the passing of Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi this morning – shortly after the celebration of his 95th birthday.
LIKE CAESAR’S WIFE, THE PUBLIC PROTECTOR MUST BE ABOVE SUSPICION
On 29 August 2023, Kholeka Gcaleka, who is the Acting Public Protector (APP), was nominated as the candidate to succeed the disgraced Busisiwe Mkhwebane as Public Protector (PP). Mkhwebane’s predecessor, Advocate Thuli Madonsela, demonstrated how the office of Public Protector could play a crucial role in holding to account state institutions that were suspected of improper conduct. Indeed, her fearless exposure of state capture under President Jacob Zuma played a pivotal role in forcing his resignation. Sadly, Mkhwebane did not continue this proud tradition and instead mired the office in unseemly controversy after controversy, racking up an unprecedented number of judicial rebukes in the process.
CONDOLENCES FOR THE PASSING OF RAYMOND ACKERMAN
The FW de Klerk Foundation is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Raymond Ackerman, founder of Pick ‘n Pay. The Foundation would like to express its heartfelt condolences to his family, friends and colleagues, especially to his beloved wife Wendy.
PODCASTS
SUBMISSIONS
SPEECHES
EVENTS
THE FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION CELEBRATES ITS 25TH ANNIVERSARY
It is with a sense of great achievement that the FW de Klerk Foundation celebrates the 25th anniversary of its establishment on 6 June 1999.
UNITY, STABILITY, PEACE AND PROGRESS ARE NOW OF CRITICAL IMPORTANCE FOR SOUTH AFRICA
The Executive Director of the FW de Klerk Foundation welcomes the ANC’s NEC’s consideration of establishing a Government of National Unity.
COALITION GOVERNANCE IN SOUTH AFRICA: WHAT HAPPENS NOW?
In this article, Daniela Ellerbeck and Ismail Joosub look at what (if anything) the Constitution says about such a coalition, the ramifications of a deadlock in electing a President and the need for a Government of Constitutional Unity.
CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES
- Equality
- Non-racialism
- Gender Rights
- The Constitution
- The Rule of Law
- Multiparty Democracy
- Personal Rights
- Cultural, Religious and Language Rights
- Freedom of Expression and Political Rights
- Social and Economic Rights
- Property Rights
- Education
- Access To The Courts, Information And Fair Adminstration