CONSTITUTIONAL COMMENTARY AND EVENTS
ARTICLES AND STATEMENTS
STATEMENT: WHY COOL HEADS ARE KEY IN CURRENT SCHOOLS CRISIS
Recent days have witnessed tensions at an Eldorado Park Secondary School and new ones at primary schools in Schweizer-Reneke and in Matatiele.
ARTICLE: THE TRUE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE EMPLOYMENT EQUITY AMENDMENT BILL
The Employment Equity Amendment Bill, now before Parliament, is the latest move in a long process that is progressively diminishing the economic space within which minorities can operate.
It is, of course, essential that the economy must be open to all South Africans at all levels – but this can be achieved far more effectively through natural economic evolution and by prohibiting unfair discrimination than by imposing a system in which appointments, promotions and tenders are based on race rather than on individual merit and effort.
The Amendment Bill will give the Minister of Labour the power to establish sectoral numerical targets to ensure “equitable representation of suitably qualified people from designated groups (black South Africans, women and persons with disabilities) at all occupational levels in the workforce.” “Designated employers” – i.e. those that employ more than 50 people – will have to ensure that the “numerical goals” in their employment equity plans comply with the applicable sectoral numerical target.
STATEMENT BY FW DE KLERK ON 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS ACCEPTANCE OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
Twenty-five years have passed since the cold winter’s day in Oslo when Nelson Mandela and I were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
In my acceptance speech I observed that peace was a frame of mind:
“It is a frame of mind in which countries, communities, parties and individuals seek to resolve their differences through agreements, through negotiation and compromise, instead of threats, compulsion and violence.”
I said that peace was also a framework.
“It is a framework consisting of rules, laws, agreements and conventions – a framework providing mechanisms for the peaceful resolution of the inevitable clashes of interest between countries, communities, parties and individuals. It is a framework within which the irresistible and dynamic processes of social, economic and political development can be regulated and accommodated.”
PODCASTS
SUBMISSIONS
SPEECHES
EVENTS
THE BIOGRAPHICAL VIDEOS EPISODE 1: ROOTS: CHILDHOOD; FAMILY & SCHOOL (1936 – 1952)
The Biographical Videos – Episode 1 Roots: Childhood; Family & School (1936 – 1952) In the last year of FW de Klerk’s life, the FW
BIOGRAPHICAL VIDEOS ON THE LIFE AND CAREER OF FW DE KLERK
Biographical Videos on the Life and Career of FW de Klerk Issued By the FW de Klerk Foundation on 18/03/2023 In the last year
REQUIREMENT BY SAPS THAT COMPLAINANT STATEMENTS MUST BE IN ENGLISH
Requirement by SAPS that Complainant Statements must be in English Issued By the FW de Klerk Foundation on 15/03/2023 The FW de Klerk Foundation
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