CONSTITUTIONAL COMMENTARY AND EVENTS
ARTICLES AND STATEMENTS
SPEECH: HOPE FOR THE FUTURE: ACHIEVING THE VISION IN THE CONSTITUTION
Last year the Wall Street Journal wrote that South Africa was at a crossroads, in 2018 the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement was too titled ‘South Africa at a Crossroads’, stressing the difficult economic and fiscal choices confronting the government, and in 2017 South Africa was once again at a crossroads according to a discussion held at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies. No doubt an expert in something, somewhere, was saying we are at a crossroads the year before that, and again another ten years before that.
ARTICLE: THE IDEOLOGICAL BLINDNESS TO THE ECONOMIC DAMAGE OF EXPROPRIATION WITH NIL COMPENSATION
The deadline for comments on the draft amendment bill on section 25 of the Constitution (the so-called Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill) is fast approaching. Numerous organisations are busy putting their comments in writing. The majority of these will oppose it, while committing themselves to the urgent need for land reform in terms of the present Constitution.
2019 FW de Klerk Goodwill Award to Mr Moeletsi Mbeki
2020 FW DE KLERK GOODWILL AWARD The Board of Trustees of the FW de Klerk Foundation have awarded the 2020 FW de Klerk Goodwill Award
PODCASTS
SUBMISSIONS
SPEECHES
EVENTS
EPISODE 14: THE CHALLENGES, TRIUMPHS AND DISCOVERIES LEADING UP TO THE 1994 ELECTION
In episode 14 of the FW de Klerk Foundation’s exclusive biographical videos on President FW de Klerk, viewers will learn about the events between January and April of 1994.
THE 2024 ELECTIONS MIGHT MARK A WATERSHED MOMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA’S YOUNG DEMOCRACY
On 15th September, parliaments around the world celebrate International Day of Democracy, introduced by the UN General Assembly in 2007 with the aim of actively promoting the principles of democracy, the rule of law and respect for human rights.
CONDOLENCES FOR THE PASSING OF PRINCE MANGOSUTHU BUTHELEZI
The FW de Klerk Foundation has learned with the greatest sadness of the passing of Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi this morning – shortly after the celebration of his 95th birthday.
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