CONSTITUTIONAL COMMENTARY AND EVENTS
ARTICLES AND STATEMENTS
STATEMENT: DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE INVITES COMMENTS ON ITS LANGUAGE POLICY
The Centre for Unity in Diversity (CUD) has responded to the Department of Arts and Culture’s (DAC) call for comments on its proposed and reviewed Official Language Policy as an important contribution to the promotion of language rights for all South Africans.
ARTICLE: MORE PARTIES, BETTER DEMOCRACY?
The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) recently announced that 48 parties will contest the national elections on 8 May. That is more than the 29 that took part in 2014 – a 65% increase! Will greater participation, however, give South Africa a better democracy?
The astonishing fact is that according to the IEC’s website, there are 312 parties registered at national level, and 294 at provincial level. The number of parties at national level shrank to 48 due to two factors. The first is the IEC’s own selection process, which led to 118 parties being de-registered and 29 applications being rejected. The second factor is that some parties (117) did not pay the registration fee needed to participate in the election. These costs are quite high – R200 000 to participate at national level, and then R45 000 per province. A party that wishes to participate at national level and in all the provinces will therefore have to pay R605 000. A smaller party could find it challenging to raise such a sum.
STATEMENT: THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION
On the eve of the FW de Klerk Foundation’s 20th anniversary, the Foundation’s Board of Trustees has taken a number of important decisions. These are to ensure that the Foundation continues to play a significant role deep into the future in supporting the Constitution, promoting positive inter-community relations and commemorating FW de Klerk’s legacy.
The Foundation has decided to acquire its own offices, where it will establish an FW de Klerk Documentation Centre. One of the Centre’s core purposes will be to commemorate South Africa’s historic constitutional transformation process between 1990 and 1996, and the role that South Africans from all political parties played in this process. The Board believes – together with many others in South Africa and throughout the world – that this was one of South Africa’s greatest achievements.
PODCASTS
SUBMISSIONS
SPEECHES
EVENTS
THE “REASONABLE MAN” AND THE FUTURE OF NON-RACIALISM AND EQUALITY BEFORE THE COURT
The “Reasonable Man” and the Future of Non-racialism and Equality Before the Court Issued by The FW de Klerk Foundation on 26/05/2023 On
VOGUE LEADERS INTERVIEW WITH ELITA DE KLERK
Vogue Leaders Interview with Elita de Klerk Published by Vogue Leaders Czech Edition on 17/05/2023 Michaela Dombrovská Love not only took her far from
FIRING A CRUISE MISSILE ACROSS SOUTH AFRICA’S BOW?
Firing a Cruise Missile Across South Africa’s Bow? Issued By the FW de Klerk Foundation on 15/05/2023 Enormous confusion has been created by US
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