CONSTITUTIONAL COMMENTARY AND EVENTS
ARTICLES AND STATEMENTS
STRENGTHENING SOUTH AFRICA’S ANTI-CORRUPTION FRAMEWORK: THE FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION CALLS FOR THE CREATION OF A CONSTITUTIONALLY COMPLIANT ANTI-CORRUPTION BODY
The FW de Klerk Foundation’s submission on the SIU’s Draft National Corruption Risk and Prevention Framework points out the unconstitutionality of South Africa’s current anti-corruption framework and calls for urgent reforms.
GBV DECLARED A NATIONAL DISASTER: WHAT HAPPENS NOW?
Ismail Joosub outlines what the President’s declaration of Gender-based Violence as a national disaster legally means, as well as the pitfalls if the government doesn’t fulfil its strengthened legal obligation.
ORGANISED CRIME INDEX WARNS OF DEEPENING CRIMINALITY AND GOVERNANCE FAILURES IN SOUTH AFRICA
Ismail Joosub considers the recently published 2025 Africa Organised Crime Index, which ranks South Africa first in Southern Africa and second on the continent for criminality.
PODCASTS
THE CONSTITUTION@WORK PRESENTS: COALITION GOVERNMENT #2
14 October 2025 @ All Day. –
In this episode of The Constitution@Work, the FW de Klerk Foundation’s Constitutional Rights Programme team, Daniela Ellerbeck and Lusanda Mahkuntsu, are joined by Tony Leon (former leader of the Democratic Alliance). Together, they explore the 14-day period the Constitution allows for the formation of a national government and what the events leading up to the establishment of South Africa’s 2024 Government of National Unity reveal about the Constitution, the country’s political culture, and the future of coalition governance.
THE CONSTITUTION@WORK PRESENTS: ACHIEVING AN INCLUSIVE ECONOMY #2
13 October 2025 @ All Day. –
In this episode of The Constitution@Work, Daniela Ellerbeck, Ismail Joosub and Christo van der Rheede discuss the intersection of law, policy and inclusive economic growth in South Africa with the Foundation’s current interns, Amirah Hassim and Sonia Twongyeirwe.
THE CONSTITUTION IN ACTION PODCAST: WOMEN’S MONTH X MONEY SMART WEEK 2025 DISCUSSION
28 July 2025 @ All Day. –
In honour of Women’s Month and in support of Money Smart Week 2025, the Constitutional Advancement Programme team hosted a roundtable discussion featuring Thando Malinga, Amirah Hassim, Nadia Adam (FAB Foundation Founder) and Kamvakazi Myataza (Project Youth SA Board Member).
SUBMISSIONS
SUBMISSION ON THE DRAFT WHITE PAPER ON AUDIO AND AUDIO VISUAL MEDIA SERVICES AND ONLINE SAFETY
The FW de Klerk Foundation’s submission regarding the Draft White Paper on Audio and Audio Visual Media Services and Online Safety.
SUBMISSION ON NOTICE TO INTRODUCE CONSTITUTION TWENTY-SECOND AMENDMENT BILL (PMB BY BREYTENBACH, DA MP)
The FW de Klerk Foundation’s submission regarding the notice to introduce Constitution Twenty-Second Amendment Bill by Honourable Adv Glynnis Breytenbach of the DA Party.
SUBMISSION ON CONSTITUTION 22ND AMENDMENT BILL (PMB BY MANYI, MK MP)
The FW de Klerk Foundation’s submission regarding the proposed Constitution Twenty-Second Amendment Bill by Honourable Mzwanele Manyi of the MK Party.
SPEECHES
TRANSITIONS IN A MULTI-ETHNIC SOCIETY: THE SOUTH AFRICAN EXPERIENCE
SPEECH BY FORMER PRESIDENT FW DE KLERK TO THE INTERNATIONAL PEACE SYMPOSIUM BRUSSELS 4 NOVEMBER 2013 TRANSITIONS IN A MUTLI-ETHNIC SOCIETY: A SOUTH AFRICAN EXPERIENCE
AFRICA TODAY AND AFRICA TOMORROW
AFRICA TODAY AND AFRICA TOMORROW SPEECH BY FORMER PRESIDENT F W DE KLERK TO THE 30 CLUB LONDON 15 OCTOBER 2013 AFRICA TODAY AND AFRICA
THE STRUGGLE FOR EQUALITY
THE STRUGGLE FOR EQUALITY THE BARRY STREEK LECTURE BY FW DE KLERK CAPE TOWN, 6 SEPTEMBER 2012 THE STRUGGLE FOR EQUALITY It’s a great honour
EVENTS
PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA V SPEAKER OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [2025] ZACC 12
Daniela Ellerbeck and Lusanda Mahkuntsu examine the Constitutional Court’s recent ruling about whether the Court should allow South Africa’s surveillance law to keep working after it became invalid, while Parliament finishes fixing it.
THE CONSTITUTION AND THE CABINET REPORT
The FW de Klerk Foundation releases its “The Constitution and The Cabinet Report” to address whether the national executive is actually giving effect to the promise in the Preamble to “improve the quality of life of all citizens and free the potential of each person”?
THE FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE LATE DR FRANKLIN SONN WILL POSTHUMOUSLY BE AWARDED THE 2025 FW DE KLERK GOODWILL AWARD
The FW de Klerk Foundation is pleased to announce that the late Dr Franklin Sonn will posthumously be awarded the 2025 FW de Klerk Goodwill Award in recognition of his lifelong service and outstanding contribution to fostering reconciliation and transformation across South 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