CONSTITUTIONAL COMMENTARY AND EVENTS
ARTICLES AND STATEMENTS
PUBLIC PROTECTOR’S REPORT ON PHALA PHALA LEAVES MANY QUESTIONS UNANSWERED
On 30 June, Acting Public Protector (APP) Adv Kholeka Gcaleka released her final report on allegations that President Ramaphosa had violated the executive ethics code in connection with the theft at his Phala Phala farm in February 2020. The Report, issued in terms of Section 182(1)(b) of the Constitution, cleared President Ramaphosa of any wrongdoing.
NEW LAND COURT BILL THREATENS INDEPENDENCE OF JUDICIARY
On 23 May 2023, Parliament passed the Land Court Bill, which it believes will resolve “backlogs in land claims and dispute resolution mechanisms”, and ensure that “land reform in its entirety be accelerated in a lawful and equitable manner, guided by progressive jurisprudence”. The FW de Klerk Foundation remains deeply concerned that the Land Courts and the Land Appeal Court, which will be established by the Bill.
ANNUAL REPORT CARD ON CULTURAL, RELIGIOUS AND LANGUAGE RIGHTS
2019 Annual Report Card on Cultural, Religious and Language Rights Introduction For centuries the central theme of South Africa’s history has been interaction
PODCASTS
SUBMISSIONS
SPEECHES
EVENTS
GLOBAL CHALLENGES IN ELECTORAL GOVERNANCE
In this second article of the Election Series, Ezra Mendel and Shaun Kinnes, Interns at the FW de Klerk Foundation, assess what electoral governance is, as well as the various hurdles it encounters and possible solutions.
LIBERATING THE PRESS: CRIMINAL DEFAMATION’S REPEAL
In a significant move for South Africa’s legal landscape, the crime of defamation has been abolished. Ismail Joosub, Legal Officer of Constitutional Programmes at the FW de Klerk Foundation, explores this change.
THE FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION’S POSITION ON NSFAS’S WOES
The FW de Klerk Foundation condemns the maladministration within NSFAS, which directly contravenes the State’s constitutional obligation to progressively make the right to further education available and accessible.
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