CONSTITUTIONAL COMMENTARY AND EVENTS
ARTICLES AND STATEMENTS
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ADV BIZOS
On behalf of the FW de Klerk Foundation, we salute a brave warrior of freedom and democracy, George Bizos, on his 88th birthday.
May the year be filled with blessings and good health for you and may you continue to be our lodestar in trying times.
STATEMENT: NOT MERELY THE RANTINGS OF AN INFANTILE POLITICIAN
According to media reports and transcripts Julius Malema told his supporters outside the Newcastle Magistrate’s Court yesterday that:
“We, the rightful owners, our peace was disturbed by white man’s arrival here…They killed our people during land dispossession…They found peaceful Africans here. They killed them! They slaughtered them, like animals! We are not calling for the slaughter of white people, at least for now”.
“We will not chase white people into the sea. We will give them portion…That is where you stay. And you can’t own bigger than us. You are a visitor. Visitors must behave. They must know the land belongs to the people of South Africa, the indigenous people of South Africa… No white person is a rightful owner of the land here in South Africa and in the whole of the African continent. This is our continent; it belongs to us”.
STATEMENT: ZOHRA DAWOOD
Zohra Dawood was appointed as Director of the FW de Klerk Foundation’s Centre for Unity in Diversity as of 17 October 2016.
PODCASTS
SUBMISSIONS
SPEECHES
EVENTS
THE CONSTITUTION AT WORK 2019 – BREAKFAST DISCUSSION 3
On Tuesday 29 October the Centre for Constitutional Rights (CFCR) and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) hosted the third in a series of breakfast discussions
ARTICLE: WHAT DO THE CRIME STATS MEAN? WHY DO WE PUBLISH CRIME STATS?
On 12 September 2019, the Minister of Police, Bheki Cele, released this year’s Crime Stats. The Crime Stats cover the period from 1 April 2018, to 31 March 2019. They focus on 21 categories of crime, encompassing data collected from both the South African Police Service (SAPS), as well as the public. It is important that the statistics are released to keep the public informed of the state of affairs in a country that is rife with criminal activity. However, it is just as important to understand that the crime stats play an even bigger role than mere information circulation.
ARTICLE: INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE GIRL 2019
October 11 is commemorated annually across the world to highlight the many ways gender inequality impacts young girls and their access to fundamental human rights. This day was first commemorated in 2012 and finds its origins in the United Nations (UN), which noted the need to address discrimination against girls in all spheres of life. According to the UN, there are over one billion girls in the world. This commemoration provides an opportunity for governments, society and organisations to raise awareness about the challenges faced by girls and to reaffirm their commitment to making much-needed changes. This year’s theme is “GirlForce: Unscripted and Unstoppable” and this year, the aim is to celebrate the achievements made by girls since the 1995 adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (Beijing Declaration), a comprehensive policy agenda for women’s empowerment aimed at removing all the obstacles to women’s equal and active participation in all spheres of life.
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