CONSTITUTIONAL COMMENTARY AND EVENTS
ARTICLES AND STATEMENTS
FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION & NATIONAL FOUNDATIONS DIALOGUE INTER-SCHOOL DEBATE
The FW de Klerk Foundation is pleased to share the success of the recent inter-school debate, organised in collaboration with The National Foundations Dialogue Initiative (NFDI).
THE FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION MAKES A SUBMISSION TO THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF PROVINCES ON THE PREVENTION AND COMBATING OF HATE CRIMES AND HATE SPEECH BILL
On 22 May, the FW de Klerk Foundation made a submission to the Select Committee on Security and Justice of the National Council of Provinces on the Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill (the Bill).
DON’T TEAR UP THE CONTRACT: CALL THE DELINQUENTS TO ACCOUNT!
In his recent articles on the Constitution, Prof Koos Malan expresses the view that those of us who supported the constitutional transformation of South Africa between 1989 and 1996 were motivated by some kind of liberal-religious delusion. Dave Steward, Chairman of the FW de Klerk Foundation, responds.
PODCASTS
SUBMISSIONS
SPEECHES
EVENTS
MEET OUR INTERN: EZRA MENDEL
The FW de Klerk Foundation is pleased to have Ezra Mendel, a University of the Witwatersrand student, on board as an online intern.
FPB NOTICE ULTRA VIRES, FOUNDATION URGES ITS WITHDRAWAL
The Foundation notes with concern that the notice gazetted by the Films and Publications Board, on 22 March, appears to be based on a misapplication of the Act and exceeds the power conferred to the FPB by the Act.
FPB: “MISINFORMATION/DISINFORMATION AND FAKE NEWS” CAN LAND YOU IN JAIL
On 22 March 2024, the Films and Publications Board gazetted a notice identifying “disinformation”, “misinformation” and “fake news” as “harmful or disturbing” and concluded that it was “prohibited content” in terms of the Films and Publications Act, 1996.
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