CONSTITUTIONAL COMMENTARY AND EVENTS
ARTICLES AND STATEMENTS
STATEMENT: MESSAGE OF SUPPORT FOR CHAELI AND THE CHAELI KILI TEAM
Former President FW de Klerk and the FW de Klerk Foundation would like to offer their heartfelt support to Chaeli and her team as they climb Mount Kilimanjaro in August 2015.
Chaeli’s ambitious goal of becoming the first female quadriplegic to summit Kilimanjaro is yet another example of how this remarkable young woman has chosen to live a full life, despite her disabilities.
STATEMENT: THE FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION REFERS MINISTER BLADE NZIMANDE’S COMMENTS ON AKADEMIA TO THE CRL COMMISSION
The FW de Klerk Foundation has referred comments made by Minister Blade Nzimande on the impermissibility of single-medium Afrikaans universities to the Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL Commission).
In terms of section 185(1)(a) of the Constitution the Commission is obliged to “promote respect for the rights of cultural, religious and linguistic communities”; section 185(2) authorises the Commission “to monitor, investigate, research, educate, lobby, advise and report on any issue concerning the rights of cultural, religious and linguistic communities”.
ARTICLE: THE STATE OF PARLIAMENT
The FW de Klerk Foundation shares the concerns of participants in a recent private round-table discussion – mentioned in Business Day – on the functioning of Parliament, which was hosted by the Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution (CASAC).
The theatrical disruption of Parliament by the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) is unacceptable – however necessary it may be to hold the President accountable over the Nkandla issue.
PODCASTS
SUBMISSIONS
SPEECHES
EVENTS
ARTICLE: POLITICS BY INSULT
Recent judgments and current court cases involving Julius Malema, the leader of the EFF, are helping to clarify the acceptable limits of political comment.
STATEMENT: CREATING PLATFORMS FOR THE YOUTH TO ENGAGE – CFCR YOUTH DIALOGUE #STANDUP4HUMANRIGHTS
In commemorating Youth Day, the Centre for Constitutional Rights (the CFCR) hosted a youth dialogue on Saturday 8 June 2019, in partnership with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS). Grade 11 and 12 learners from 10 high schools across the Western Cape were invited to join the dialogue. The focus was human rights activism and how the youth can get practically involved in upholding human rights. The event was well-attended with over 80 people from diverse social backgrounds, attending. The dialogue showed the real need for platforms where the youth can participate and share their views on the realisation of human rights, social injustice and civil participation in our constitutional democracy.
ROUNDTABLE SERIES 2019: NUMBER 2
On Thursday, 27 June, 2019, the Centre for Unity in Divesity hosted the second Roundtable Discussion for 2019, supported by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS).
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