CONSTITUTIONAL COMMENTARY AND EVENTS
ARTICLES AND STATEMENTS
ARTICLE: THE ANC POLICY CONFERENCE: THE REAL AND THE IMAGINED*
In a week that saw the media quarantined from delegates and delegates turn on factions within the ANC, Zuma’s frail proclamation at the closing of the Party’s 5th National Policy Conference, “there are no losers or winners at the conference, there is only the ANC”, rang hollow.
The Nature of the Equality Clause and Fair Discrimination in the Constitution – The Future of Employment Equity
On Friday, 28 July 2017, the Centre for Constitutional Rights (CFCR) hosted a panel discussion on the interpretation of section 9(2) of the Constitution, as laid
STATEMENT: MEDIA FREEDOM IS REAFFIRMED
The Centre for Unity in Diversity (CUD) and the Centre for Constitutional Rights (CFCR) at the FW de Klerk Foundation welcome the ruling by the High Court in Johannesburg to interdict Black First Land First (BLF) and its founder, Andile Mngxitama, from harassing or assaulting journalists, or protesting outside their houses.
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ARTICLE: BEE AND THE EXPROPRIATION BILL TO ‘COMPLETE THE REVOLUTION’
Last Friday both Fitch Ratings and Moody’s Investor Services downgraded South Africa’s sovereign risk rating by a further notch each, pushing the country yet further into junk status. South Africa is now at ‘its lowest credit rating levels…since 1994’, said the Treasury in its reaction.
ARTICLE: BRACKENFELL: THE AFTERMATH
The EFF obtained a permit for a demonstration by 100 people. In the event, an estimated 2 000 of its supporters descended on the suburb. Hardly any of the protesters wore masks and far exceeded the 500 permitted at outdoor meetings under COVID19 regulations. According to the SAHRC some protesters were carrying golf clubs, axes and stones. They caused serious damage to the Brackenfell Post Office, to traffic lights and roads and to a car dealership. They burned a fire engine and set fire to grass.
STATEMENT: MR ZUMA WITHDRAWS FROM ZONDO COMMISSION
The FW de Klerk Foundation welcomes the decision of Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo to take action against former president, Jacob Zuma, for leaving the Commission on 20 November without permission following the dismissal of his application for Justice Zondo to recuse himself.
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