CONSTITUTIONAL COMMENTARY AND EVENTS
ARTICLES AND STATEMENTS
FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IS SACROSANCT
The FW de Klerk Foundation discusses the pro-Palestine group’s disruption of a peace prayer gathering on November 12 at Sea Point promenade was unjustified and a clear violation of the prayer group’s constitutional rights to free speech and peaceful demonstration.
VOTER REGISTRATION – AN ESSENTIAL PREREQUISITE FOR A HEALTHY AND VIBRANT DEMOCRACY
The FW de Klerk Foundation supports the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) in its campaign to mobilise South Africans to register for the 2024 National and Provincial Elections this weekend, 18 and 19 November.
2023 FW DE KLERK MEMORIAL LECTURE
I am very honoured to be asked to make a few comments at this second memorial lecture of FW de Klerk. I have been asked by Elita to do it, and I was asked by Dave Steward, FW’s close friend and associate, who is the chairman of the FW de Klerk Foundation in South Africa to make these remarks.
PODCASTS
THE CONSTITUTION@WORK PRESENTS: SOUTH AFRICA’S FOREIGN POLICY
5 May 2023 @ 12:00 am –
This episode of The Constitution@Work focuses on South Africa’s foreign policy and the impact it may have on international relations. Steven Gruzd, Head of the African Governance and Diplomacy Programme at the South African Institute of International Affairs, joins FW de Klerk Foundation Chairperson Dave Steward, Manager of Constitutional Programmes….
THE CONSTITUTION@WORK PRESENTS: THE HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT CARD TOP 10 THREATS
16 March 2023 @ 12:00 am –
In this episode of The Constitution@Work, Tyla Dallas FW de Klerk Foundation Manager of Constitutional Programmes is joined by Dave Steward FW de Klerk Foundation Chairperson and the Foundation’s team of interns – Wilmore Tendai Chisiiwa, Ismail Joosub and Rosa Sommer – to discuss its latest annual Human Rights Report Card for 2022 which will be released on Human Rights Day…
THE CONSTITUTION@WORK PRESENTS: DEFENDING THE CONSTITUTION
30 January 2023 @ 12:00 pm –
This episode of The Constitution@Work focuses on the upcoming FW de Klerk Foundation annual conference on Thursday, 2 February which will explore the important role that journalists, Chapter Nine Institutions, NGOs and the Courts have played – and will continue to play- in ensuring that South Africa remains a constitutional democracy….
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
FW DE KLERK RESPONDS TO CHARGES THAT HE WAS INVOLVED IN GROSS VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS
STATEMENT BY F W DE KLERK ON RECENT PRESS REPORTS CAPE TOWN, 26 JULY 2007 Last Friday a report appeared in the Mail & Guardian
FW DE KLERK SPEECH ON THE ADOPTION OF THE 1996 CONSTITUTION
FW DE KLERK SPEECH ON THE ADOPTION OF THE 1996 CONSTITUTION TOESPRAAK DEUR ADJUNKPRESIDENT F W DE KLERK, GRONDWETDEBAT, 8 MEI 1996 Vandag bereik ons
DEALING WITH THE PAST
DEALING WITH THE PAST SPEECH BY FORMER PRESIDENT FW DE KLERK TO THE CAPE TOWN PRESS CLUB 1 OCTOBER 2020 It is once again a
EVENTS
FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IS SACROSANCT
The FW de Klerk Foundation discusses the pro-Palestine group’s disruption of a peace prayer gathering on November 12 at Sea Point promenade was unjustified and a clear violation of the prayer group’s constitutional rights to free speech and peaceful demonstration.
VOTER REGISTRATION – AN ESSENTIAL PREREQUISITE FOR A HEALTHY AND VIBRANT DEMOCRACY
The FW de Klerk Foundation supports the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) in its campaign to mobilise South Africans to register for the 2024 National and Provincial Elections this weekend, 18 and 19 November.
2023 FW DE KLERK MEMORIAL LECTURE
I am very honoured to be asked to make a few comments at this second memorial lecture of FW de Klerk. I have been asked by Elita to do it, and I was asked by Dave Steward, FW’s close friend and associate, who is the chairman of the FW de Klerk Foundation in South Africa to make these remarks.
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
