CONSTITUTIONAL COMMENTARY AND EVENTS
ARTICLES AND STATEMENTS
STATEMENT: MANDELA DAY 2018
On Mandela Day 2018, South Africans and those across the world who share former President Mandela’s vision to make a difference in the lives of others, will be dedicating time to various activities and projects to make the world a better place.
In the words of former President Mandela, “We need to restore and reaffirm the dignity of the people of Africa and the developing world. We need to place the eradication of poverty at the top of world priorities. We need to know with a fresh conviction that we all share a common humanity and that our diversity in the world is the strength for our future together.”
STATEMENT: THE CENTENARY OF NELSON MANDELA’S BIRTH
Tomorrow we celebrate the 100th anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s birth.
He was rightly acknowledged by the whole world as one of the greatest leaders of the latter part of the 20th century – and he was certainly one of the most impressive people that I met during my long political career. He had enormous charm, charisma and the natural self-assurance of a born aristocrat. He had steel-like self-discipline and determination that he gained during the long and bitter years of his imprisonment. Above all he had an unshakable commitment to the goals of the African National Congress and to the establishment of a non-racial democratic South Africa.
ARTICLE: LET’S PRIVATISE THE LAND AUDIT
During the current Constitutional Review Committee hearings one frequently heard: “We want the land back that the whites took from us”. But who took the land and who owns it now, is not so clear. It has often been stated that without a proper and credible land audit, we cannot have a sober and balanced debate on land, and “that” land cannot be subject to land reform or redistribution.
The two land audits done by the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR), raise more questions than provide answers. Criticism has already been raised many times. The 2013 audit was intended to identify State land. The 2017 audit was intended to take stock of private land ownership in terms of race, gender and nationality. One private audit, done by Agri SA, was intended to quantify the ownership and commercial transfer of agricultural land.
PODCASTS
SUBMISSIONS
SPEECHES
EVENTS
MEET OUR INTERN: JOHN ARANZALES
The FW de Klerk Foundation is excited to welcome Mr. John Aranzales, Columbian Political Science doctoral candidate and Fulbright Scholar on board as a research
THE CURRENT STATE OF DEMOCRACY IN SOUTH AFRICA
Fifteen years ago, the United Nations General Assembly declared the 15th of September as the International Day of Democracy. The date aims to encourage governments
A TRIBUTE TO PRESIDENT FW DE KLERK BY GEOFF JOHNSON
Nedbank SA Charity Golf Day Founder and Chairman Geoff Johnson paid tribute to FW de Klerk at the 25th annual anniversary of the event this
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