CONSTITUTIONAL COMMENTARY AND EVENTS
ARTICLES AND STATEMENTS
ARTICLE: THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 1996 CONSTITUTION
By the FW de Klerk Foundation On 10 December 1996 – 25 years ago – President Mandela signed the 1996 Constitution into law in the
ARTICLE: THE GOOD THAT MEN DO…
By Dave Steward, Chairman of the FW de Klerk Foundation Predictably, FW de Klerk’s death – just before 11:00 am on the eleventh day of
ARTICLE: THREE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE EWC CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT BILL
The draft constitutional amendment bill (the Bill) allowing land expropriation without compensation (EWC) is already damaging enough to make South Africa largely uninvestable.
PODCASTS
SUBMISSIONS
SPEECHES
EVENTS
UPSTREAM PETROLEUM RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT BILL SUBMISSION
UPSTREAM PETROLEUM RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT BILL SUBMISSION Click here to read the submission.
HIGHLIGHTS | FW DE KLERK ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2024
The FW de Klerk Foundation’s Annual Conference, in collaboration with Konrad Adenauer Foundation, took place at the Table Bay Hotel in Cape Town on 2 February 2024. Held in commemoration of the 34th anniversary of the speech by FW de Klerk that initiated South Africa’s constitutional transformation process, the theme of this year’s event was “South Africa at 30: Looking Back, Looking Around and Looking Forward”.
EXPROPRIATION BILL CHANGES, BUT FLAWS REMAIN
On Wednesday, 7 February 2024, Parliament’s second house, the National Council of Provinces’ committee working on the Expropriation Bill, met to discuss changes to the Bill.
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