CONSTITUTIONAL COMMENTARY AND EVENTS
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ARTICLE: SIFTING THROUGH THE MUDDLE TO MAKE SENSE OF SECTION 27
In a decisive and often scathing judgment on Friday, 17 March 2017, the Constitutional Court ruled…
STATEMENT: PROFESSOR PLACID JOHANNES MALESELA KUNUTU
It is with great sadness that the FW de Klerk Foundation has learnt of the passing of Professor Placid Johannes Malesela Kunutu. Professor Kunutu joined the Foundation’s Board of Trustees in 2000, and served faithfully until he retired in 2016, playing a valuable role during his 16-year tenure as Board Member. The Foundation would like to honour him for his role in, and contribution towards, South Africa’s non-racial constitutional democracy. The Foundation would also like to extend their deepest sympathies to Mrs Kunutu and the Kunutu family during this time.
Issued by the FW de Klerk Foundation
ARTICLE: DIMINISHING THE POWER OF DISCRIMINATION
The killing of 69 unarmed people in Sharpeville, South Africa, protesting apartheid pass laws on 21 March 1960, stirred the conscience of the world and saw the United Nations General Assembly adopt a Resolution to declare the day International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in 1966.
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STATEMENT: RESIGNATION OF DR MORKEL AS CEO OF THE FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION
he FW de Klerk Foundation wishes to announce that Dr Dayne Morkel has informed us of his decision to resign as CEO of the Foundation, with effect from 31 March. Dr Morkel will be accepting an appointment as CEO of the Foundation for Peace in Divided Societies in the United States, an organisation with which the FW de Klerk Foundation has had close ties for 20 years.
CONCISE SUBMISSION ON THE NATIONAL SPORT AND RECREATION AMENDMENT BILL, 2020
The FW de Klerk Foundation (the Foundation) was established in 1999 to protect and promote the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, as the most important legacy of its founder, former President FW de Klerk. 1.2 The Foundation recognises the need for the transformation of sport and recreation, to make sport and recreation facilities, participation and training available to all South Africans.It believes that the Department of Sport and Recreation; the Department of National Education and sporting federations and bodies have a duty to make sport and recreation accessible to all South Africans and particularly to the youth.
STATEMENT BY FW DE KLERK
I have taken note of the vehement reaction to our response to the EFF’s attack on me at the State of the Nation address on Thursday night.
I agree with the Desmond and Leah Tutu Foundation that this is not the time to quibble about the degrees of unacceptability of apartheid. It was totally unacceptable.
The FW de Klerk Foundation has accordingly decided to withdraw its statement of 14 February unconditionally and apologises for the confusion, anger and hurt that it has caused.
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