CONSTITUTIONAL COMMENTARY AND EVENTS
ARTICLES AND STATEMENTS
ARTICLE: #FEESMUSTFALL IS MERELY THE EARS OF THE HIPPOPOTAMUS*
The entire country has been watching the drama of student protests over the past few months. Such widespread scenes of protest have not been seen in South Africa since the 1976 Soweto uprising. Historically white universities and their management are particularly unfamiliar with the phenomenon of ongoing student unrest and violence. The damage to property is already estimated at almost R1000m.
What are the causes of these phenomena? And what drives the new youth movement?
STATEMENT: HAPPY BIRTHDAY ARCHBISHOP TUTU
Former President FW de Klerk, the Chairman, Executive Director and staff of the FW de Klerk Foundation and its Centre for Constitutional Rights (CFCR) would like to extend their heartfelt congratulations and best wishes to Archbishop Desmond Tutu as he celebrates his 85th birthday on 7 October 2016.
We would like to wish the Archbishop the best of health in the year ahead, and acknowledge his valuable role as a peacemaker, as well as his contribution towards goodwill between all South Africans, and towards South Africa’s constitutional democracy.
STATEMENT: HAPPY BIRTHDAY ARCHBISHOP TUTU
Former President FW de Klerk, the Chairman, Executive Director and staff of the FW de Klerk Foundation and its Centre for Constitutional Rights (CFCR) would like to extend their heartfelt congratulations and best wishes to Archbishop Desmond Tutu as he celebrates his 85th birthday on 7 October 2016.
We would like to wish the Archbishop the best of health in the year ahead, and acknowledge his valuable role as a peacemaker, as well as his contribution towards goodwill between all South Africans, and towards South Africa’s constitutional democracy.
PODCASTS
SUBMISSIONS
SPEECHES
EVENTS
THE CONSTITUTION AT WORK 2019 – DISCUSSION 4
On Thursday, 28 November 2019, the Centre for Constitutional Rights (CFCR) and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) hosted the fourth in a series of discussions for 2019.
INVITATION: UNPACKING THE NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE BILL
Join us for the fourth in a series of discussions for 2019, hosted by the Centre for Constitutional Rights (CFCR) and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS).
Topic: “Unpacking the National Health Insurance Bill”
The CFCR has invited experts to analyse the implications of the National Health Insurance Bill (NHI Bill) and to analyse the feasibility of the provisions. The NHI Bill was recently tabled in Parliament and public comment on the Bill is currently sought.
Speakers:
- Mr Michael Settas, member of the Free Market Foundations’ Health Policy Unit
- Mr Russell Rensburg, Director of the Rural Health Advocacy Project
ARTICLE: RESETTLEMENT OF REFUGEES
From 8 October 2019, foreign nationals who have been living in South Africa as refugees and asylum-seekers camped outside the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) offices in both Cape Town and Pretoria. They were (and are still) seeking to be resettled in other countries, following the most recent spate of violent xenophobic attacks in the country. The September attacks sparked international outrage and saw 12 people dead (most of whom were South African), hundreds arrested and property damage worth thousands of Rands in the streets of Johannesburg.
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