CONSTITUTIONAL COMMENTARY AND EVENTS
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ARTICLE: IS THE THABO MBEKI FOUNDATION’S DOCUMENT A TURNING POINT TO TRUE NON-RACIALISM IN SOUTH AFRICA?
The leaked 30-page document of the Thabo Mbeki Foundation (TMF) caused a storm on social media, within African National Congress (ANC) circles and other political and civic organisations. It is not difficult to understand why. In a time when President Cyril Ramaphosa supporters and the Zuma-ites are still at odds, the Foundation of a former ANC and country president takes a strong view against one of his party’s important recent decisions – expropriation without compensation (EWC). The TMF believes that EWC is possible without an amendment of Section 25, but the emphasis of the document is on the fact that the process is race-based. The key issue is that of how this recent ANC decision impacts the national question and scuppers attempts at building a non-racial society. It touches a nerve by stating that the ANC had departed from non-racialism by taking the decision on EWC and criticises Zuma directly because he effectively turned the ANC into a “black party”. The view of the TMF is that as a result of this, the ANC can no longer be seen as representative of all South Africans. Harsh words from loyal ANC supporters, in a difficult time for the party…
STATEMENT: IT’S A JOB, ANY PAYING JOB
In his SONA earlier this year, President Cyril Ramaphosa promised that a national Jobs Summit would be held this year. This is now planned for 4 to 5 October. All constituencies represented in Nedlac will be present. In his statement leading up to the conference, the President highlighted the need for “creating decent work and building an inclusive economy”. So far, so good.
The critical premise for this Jobs Summit is the following. What can a Jobs Summit achieve in a time of deep recession when the economy is in a slump, when there is almost no economic policy certainty and when the cornerstone of the economy, property rights, is perceived to be under threat? Additionally, the presidential drive for international and national investment has been lukewarm at best. This despite Ramaphosa having lined up a dream team in April 2018 to sell SA Inc.
ARTICLE: MBEKI’S MISSIVE
In a 30-page leaked document on land and the national question, titled What Then About Land Expropriation Without Compensation, the Thabo Mbeki Foundation (TMF) elucidates both historic context but crucially an analysis of a resolution of the ANC’s 54th National Conference in December 2017 on “land expropriation without compensation”.
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INTEGRITY
By Jeanette De Klerk-Luttig The word integrity is used so frequently these days in speeches and newspaper reports, that it has become almost blasé. But
FW DE KLERK AND THE NEED FOR ANOTHER NEW BEGINNING
Inaugural FW de Klerk Memorial Lecture by Lord Renwick of Clifton KCMG Cape Town, 11 November 2022 I am very honoured to have been
MALEMA GUILTY OF HATE SPEECH AND INCITEMENT OF VIOLENCE
The FW de Klerk Foundation welcomes the SAHRC’s finding that EFF leader Julius Malema is guilty of inciting violence and hate speech. This comes after
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