CONSTITUTIONAL COMMENTARY AND EVENTS
ARTICLES AND STATEMENTS
THE COST OF PRESIDENTIAL INDECISION
South Africa’s greatest governance failure is no longer a lack of plans, but a lack of consequence, as executive hesitation weakens accountability and erodes trust in the state.
THE WATER CRISIS IS DRAINING SOUTH AFRICA’S ECONOMY AND EMPTYING CITIZENS’ POCKETS
South Africa’s water crisis is often described as a service delivery failure. It is that, but it is also something more concrete and more measurable: a national economic loss. It is costing the state billions, municipalities billions more and ordinary citizens money they cannot spare.
THE WATER CRISIS IS DRAINING SOUTH AFRICA’S ECONOMY AND EMPTYING CITIZENS’ POCKETS
South Africa’s water crisis is no longer just a service delivery failure, but a mounting constitutional and economic emergency that is draining billions from the state, weakening municipal finances and placing a growing burden on ordinary citizens.
PODCASTS
SUBMISSIONS
CIVIL SOCIETY SHOULD NOT BE SPIED UPON
Today, Parliament heard the FW de Klerk Foundation’s oral submission on the General Intelligence Laws Amendment Bill (“the GILAB”).
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE LAWS AMENDMENT BILL ORAL SUBMISSION
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE LAWS AMENDMENT BILL ORAL SUBMISSION Click here to read the oral submission speech and here to view the accompanying slides.
PETROLEUM PARITY: FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION SUBMITS COMMENTS ON UPSTREAM PETROLEUM RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT BILL
The FW de Klerk Foundation submitted a comprehensive written submission to Parliament on the Upstream Petroleum Resources Development Bill.
SPEECHES
TRANSFORMATIVE JUSTICE: FROM CONFLICT TO RESOLUTION AND HEALING
SPEECH BY FORMER PRESIDENT F W DE KLERK TO THE CONFERENCE ON TRANSFORMATIVE JUSTICE: FROM CONFLICT TO RESOLUTION AND HEALING; BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA; 17 APRIL
COMBATTING THE AIDS PANDEMIC
STATEMENT BY MR F W DE KLERK; ST MARY’S CATHEDRAL, JOHANNESBURG, 6 DECEMBER 2000 I have been asked to say a few words about
THE PLIGHT OF THE CHILDREN OF AFRICA
MEMORIAL LECTURE BY FORMER PRESIDENT F W DE KLERK TO THE OSIGWE ANYIAM – OSIGWE FOUNDATION, LAGOS, 30 NOVEMBER 2000 ‘LEADERSHIP AND ITS
EVENTS
SOUTH AFRICA FINALLY HAS AN AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED STATES. NOW WHAT?
South Africa’s appointment of Roelf Meyer as ambassador to the United States marks more than a routine diplomatic posting – it signals the restoration of constitutional statecraft at a time of strained bilateral relations.
THE FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION CONGRATULATES ROELF MEYER ON HIS APPOINTMENT AS US AMBASSADOR
The FW de Klerk Foundation congratulates Roelf Meyer on his appointment as US Ambassador. In Roelf Meyer, the administration has found an individual who embodies the very essence of a “fit and proper” ambassador.
THE REAL COST OF THE IRAN WAR ON SOUTH AFRICA: FROM TEHRAN TO THE TILL
South Africans are already paying for the Iran war through higher fuel, transport and food costs, as global oil shocks are directly transmitted into a vulnerable, import-dependent economy.
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