CONSTITUTIONAL COMMENTARY AND EVENTS
ARTICLES AND STATEMENTS
STATEMENT BY THE FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION REGARDING THE SAHRC’S LATEST HATE SPEECH RULINGS
The FW de Klerk Foundation is once again deeply concerned about the hate speech findings made by the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) regarding certain statements made by Mr Malema and other members of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF). These include the Foundation’s initial complaint against Mr Malema in November 2016, in which he stated that “…We are not calling for the slaughtering of white people, at least for now ”. This was, inexplicably, found by the SAHRC not to be hate speech in terms of section 10 of the Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act (the Equality Act). The SAHRC found that none of the other complaints were hate speech in terms of the Equality Act.
ARTICLE: THE ANC’S PARTY LIST AND SCENARIOS FOR MAY 2019 AND 2025
The ANC recently published the list of its members who will go to Parliament following the May election. These people will form the ANC Caucus in Parliament; they must support President Ramaphosa in his plans to set the government and the economy on a firm footing. If one takes a closer look, and applies one’s mind, the compilation of this list is almost more important than the voting percentage of between 55% and 60% that the ANC is likely to get in the general election. The compilation of this list is the most recent barometer of how matters stand in the battle between the constitutionalists on the Ramaphosa side, and the kleptocrats on the Zupta side.
ARTICLE: THE SAHRC’S LATEST FINDING ON JULIUS MALEMA
It is with the greatest concern that the FW de Klerk Foundation notes the 8 March 2019 finding of the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) in which it dismisses the Foundation’s complaint of November 2016 against Julius Malema. The Foundation lodged a complaint against Malema regarding a statement that he had made outside the Newcastle Magistrate Court, in which he had said, inter alia, that “…White people found peaceful Africans here. They killed them. They slaughtered them like animals. We are not calling for the slaughtering of white people, at least for now. What we are calling for is the peaceful occupation of land and we don’t owe anyone an apology for that.”
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EPISODE 5: THE TRICAMERAL PARLIAMENT; STATES OF EMERGENCY AND THE 1987 ELECTION (1984 – 1988)
Episode 5: The Tricameral Parliament; States of Emergency and the 1987 Election (1984 – 1988) In episode 5 of the FW de Klerk Foundation’s exclusive
MOTHERS IN SOUTH AFRICA FACE TRIPLE CHALLENGE OF INEQUALITY, UNEMPLOYMENT AND POVERTY
Mothers in South Africa Face Triple Challenge of Inequality, Unemployment and Poverty By Christina Teichmann, FW de Klerk Foundation Board Member The FW de
PROPOSED HATE SPEECH BILL WILL SILENCE DEMOCRACY FOR ALL
Proposed Hate Speech Bill Will Silence Democracy for All Issued By the FW de Klerk Foundation on 09/05/2023 The Hate Speech Bill 2018 –
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