CONSTITUTIONAL COMMENTARY AND EVENTS
ARTICLES AND STATEMENTS
MONEY IS FINALLY ON THE TABLE – NOW GOVERNMENT MUST MAKE IT REACH THE TAP
South Africa’s 2026 Budget signals a significant increase in funding for water and sanitation infrastructure, but the real story lies in government’s attempt to fix the governance failures that allowed municipal systems to collapse.
FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION SUBMISSION ON THE WATER SERVICES AMENDMENT BILL
The FW de Klerk Foundation has submitted comments to Parliament on the Water Services Amendment Bill, supporting its aim to improve accountability in South Africa’s failing water sector while proposing safeguards to uphold constitutional and cooperative governance principles.
FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION CALLS FOR FACT-BASED DIPLOMACY ON PROPERTY RIGHTS AND RURAL SAFETY BY AMBASSADOR BOZELL
The FW de Klerk Foundation notes the arrival of Ambassador Leo Brent Bozell III as the United States’ top diplomat to South Africa. As a Foundation dedicated to upholding the South African Constitution and the 1994 National Accord, we welcome the Ambassador’s stated commitment to a “fact-based” assessment of the challenges facing our constitutional democracy.
PODCASTS
SUBMISSIONS
ARTICLE: BOIPATONG
On 17 June the EFF issued a statement to mark the 28th anniversary of the Boipatong massacre. It stated that the massacre had been orchestrated by “an Apartheid government led by FW de Klerk” who had “funded and supported the massacre in order to undermine negotiations…”
I remember Boipatong.
ARTICLE: THE EMPLOYMENT EQUITY ACT (EEA) AMENDMENT BILL, 2020 AND DEMOGRAPHIC REPRESENTIVITY
Few people would disagree with the Employment Equity Act’s goals of “eliminating unfair discrimination in employment” and ensuring equitable access to the economy for all South Africans. We need an open, equitable and non-discriminatory economy.
However, in its pursuit of these goals the EEA has now become a core tool in the ANC’s project to reshape society and the economy according to demographic representivity (DR). The ANC’s objective has long been to ensure that DR is achieved in the private sector to the same degree that it is already a reality in the public sector. As Rob Davis put it in 2012 “We need to make sure that in the country’s economy, control, ownership and leadership are reflective of the demographics of the society in the same way that the political space does.”
ARTICLE: AFRIFORUM v UNISA: THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION IN THE LANGUAGE OF CHOICE
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SPEECHES
EVENTS
FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE LIFE AND WORK OF STEVEN GRUZD
The FW de Klerk Foundation mourns the passing of Steven Gruzd, a leading South African international relations scholar and a principled advocate for democratic governance across Africa.
THANDO MALINGA AND ISMAIL JOOSUB RECOGNISE WATER INACCESSIBILITY IN SOUTH AFRICA
In a short video, Thando Malinga and Ismail Joosub recognise the water inaccessibility experienced by many South Africans – they delve into the major contributors of the crisis, President Ramaphosa’s SONA address, new policies and more.
A CONSTITUTIONAL EMERGENCY: THE FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION CONDEMNS THE TARGETED KILLING OF LEGAL PRACTITIONERS
The FW de Klerk Foundation expresses its profound alarm at the escalating “culture of impunity” following the recent brutal murders of legal professionals across South Africa.
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