CONSTITUTIONAL COMMENTARY AND EVENTS
ARTICLES AND STATEMENTS
ARTICLE: THE DIMINISHING FUTURE OF AFRIKAANS AT STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY
Reports that students have been prohibited from speaking Afrikaans – even in private conversations – at the University of Stellenbosch – are deeply disturbing. They are the latest development in the sorry decline of the language at South Africa’s oldest (and once-upon-a-time) Afrikaans university.
ARTICLE: OPINION EDITORIAL BY FW DE KLERK
South Africa’s former president during apartheid calls for the pandemic to be a turning point in strengthening the rule of law and empowering survivors.
STATEMENT: CONDUCT OF THE JSC
The FW de Klerk Foundation has taken note of the differing manner in which the Judicial Services Commission of South Africa (JSC) appears to investigate complaints against members of the judiciary.
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TREVOR MANUEL, KHOLEKA GCALEKA & GEORDIN HILL-LEWIS REFLECT ON ‘SOUTH AFRICA AT 30: LOOKING BACK, LOOKING FORWARD AND LOOKING AROUND’ AT THE FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION ANNUAL CONFERENCE
The FW de Klerk Foundation’s Annual Conference in collaboration with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation took place at the Table Bay Hotel in Cape Town on 2 February 2024.
GOING TO BED HUNGRY: THE RIGHT TO SUFFICIENT FOOD
In a report on child malnutrition, the South African Human Rights Commission (“SAHRC”) stated that the situation in the Eastern Cape was of “utmost urgency”.
THE FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2024
The FW de Klerk Foundation Annual Conference – hosted in conjunction with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation South Africa – is set to take place in Cape Town on Friday.
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