CONSTITUTIONAL COMMENTARY AND EVENTS
ARTICLES AND STATEMENTS
NXESI PROMISES NUANCE IN EMPLOYMENT EQUITY
A “ground-breaking” settlement reached yesterday between Employment & Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi and trade union Solidarity states that “affirmative action shall be applied in a nuanced way… and the economically active population (EAP) statistics will only be one of the many factors that will be taken into account in the compliance analysis of affirmative action in any workplace”.
BELA BILL OPPOSITION CONTINUES
While public hearings on the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill continue nationally, it is no surprise that the majority of the comments received have voiced strong opposition to it.
EARLY DIALOGUES BETWEEN THE FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION AND THE ANC GOVERNMENT
EARLY DIALOGUES BETWEEN THE FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION AND THE ANC GOVERNMENT Between 2002 and 2005 the FW de Klerk Foundation organised a number of
PODCASTS
SUBMISSIONS
SPEECHES
EVENTS
THE RETURN OF COMPETITION BETWEEN SUPERPOWERS AND GEO-POLITICAL RISKS
This is the third and final article in the series on nuclear weapons and the increased threat these weapons once again pose to civilisation. This article examines military expenditure given the current geo-political atmosphere.
THE REWORKED GILAB SHOWS SUCCESS OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
The GILAB, which had civil society organisations using their legal expertise to insist that the State respect the Constitution, has been amended and is a success story of the effects of this public participation.
WHY WE NEED POLITICAL PARTIES – BUT PERHAPS NOT SO MANY
Christina Teichmann, Deputy Chair of the FW de Klerk Foundation, considers the upcoming elections and the possibilities for our democracy.
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