CONSTITUTIONAL COMMENTARY AND EVENTS
ARTICLES AND STATEMENTS
FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT CARD: GAINS AMID SERIOUS THREATS – FOUNDATION URGES PRACTICAL FIXES TO PROTECT LIFE, SERVICES AND JOBS
The FW de Klerk Foundation’s Human Rights Report Card assesses South Africans’ enjoyment of constitutional rights and presents over 30 recommendations to strengthen human rights and freedoms.
THE MADLANGA COMMISSION: DISMANTLING THE SHADOW STATE AND SOUTH AFRICA’S “STATE CAPTURE 2.0”
Since its inception in mid-2025, the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry, chaired by retired Constitutional Court Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga, has provided a harrowing “X-ray” of South Africa’s law enforcement agencies.
FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION TO RELEASE HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT CARD
The FW de Klerk Foundation’s Human Rights Report Card assesses South Africans’ enjoyment of constitutional rights and presents over 30 recommendations to strengthen human rights and freedoms.
PODCASTS
SUBMISSIONS
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).
STRIKING A BALANCE BETWEEN SECTION 25 AND SECTION 26 OF THE CONSTITUTION
Striking a Balance Between Section 25 and Section 26 of the Constitution Issued By the FW de Klerk Foundation on 02/05/2023 On Tuesday 25
SUBMISSION OF THE FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION ON THE EXPROPRIATION BILL
Submission of the FW de Klerk Foundation on the Expropriation Bill Issued By the FW de Klerk Foundation on 13/03/2023 On 6 March, the
SPEECHES
THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE ANC’S POLOKWANE CONFERENCE
SPEECH BY FORMER PRESIDENT F W DE KLERK TO THE COLLEGE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN SOUTH AFRICA IN TRANSITION – AFTER POLOKWANE I
SPEECH BY PRESIDENT FW DE KLERK TO PARLIAMENT ON THE DISMANTLING OF SOUTH AFRICA’S NULCEAR WEAPONS, 24 MARCH 1993
NUCLEAR WEAPONS EXTRACT FROM SPEECH BY THE STATE PRESIDENT, MR F W DE KLERK, TO A JOINT SESSION OF PARLIAMENT, 24 MARCH 1993 Mr Speaker,
THE FINAL ABOLITION OF APARTHEID
THE FINAL ABOLUTION OF APARTHEID SPEECH BY THE STATE PRESIDENT, MR F W DE KLERK, PARLIAMENT, 17 JUNE 1991 EMBARGO: 16:00 ON MONDAY, 17 JUNE
EVENTS
FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION WELCOMES US-IRAN CEASEFIRE
The FW de Klerk Foundation welcomes the US-Iran ceasefire as a critical step away from escalating conflict and toward a just, durable and peaceful resolution.
A RIGHT WITHOUT QUALITY: THE ONGOING STRUGGLE FOR EDUCATION IN SOUTH AFRICA
Daniela Ellerbeck and Mpone Komako explain why the Foundation’s latest Human Rights Report Card ranks the right to education as the sixth most threatened in South Africa, highlighting the stark contrast between a record matric pass rate and a deepening early-grade reading crisis, alongside persistent infrastructure and transport gaps and widespread teacher shortages.
FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE LIFE AND WORK OF STEVEN GRUZD
The FW de Klerk Foundation mourns the passing of Steven Gruzd, a leading South African international relations scholar and a principled advocate for democratic governance across Africa.
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