CONSTITUTIONAL COMMENTARY AND EVENTS
ARTICLES AND STATEMENTS
ARTICLE: FINDING A NEEDLE OF HOPE IN THE HEYSTEK OF DESPONDENCY
The Foundation has been asked by a number of friends to comment on Magnus Heystek’s recent, very gloomy, article about South Africa’s prospects.
STATEMENT: FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION WELCOMES PSC COMMITMENT TO CONSTITUTION AND NDP
The FW de Klerk Foundation welcomes the suggestion from the PSC (Public Service Commission) that government should re-evaluate its transformation and appointment policies.
ARTICLE: CONSTITUTIONAL EDUCATION THE KEY TO SOUTH AFRICAN TOLERANCE
16 November is the United Nations’ International Day for Tolerance.
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ARTICLE: MOVING THE NEEDLE – THE YOUTH VOTE IN SOUTH AFRICA
As Election 2019 kicks into full swing, the numbers, names and details have become available, much of it online. A healthy 48 political parties will be contesting the national elections, with 26.74 million – or 74.4% – of the voting population having registered to vote. Of this number, 55% are women. A significant number of registered voters, almost 25%, are in the 30 to 39 years age group.
ARTICLE: NO MORE IGNORING THE AUDITOR-GENERAL’S RECOMMENDATIONS: THE MATERIAL IRREGULARITY REGULATIONS READ WITH THE PUBLIC AUDIT AMENDMENT ACT OF 2018
For at least the last five years, the Auditor-General (AG), a Chapter 9 institution constitutionally-mandated to audit the financial statements of all national and provincial departments, municipalities and State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs), has emphasised the alarming regression in clean audit outcomes. This regression, according to the AG’s Consolidated General Report on National and Provincial Audit Outcomes 2017-2018 was mainly due to the flagrant disregard of the AG’s audit recommendations. Not only did fruitless and wasteful expenditure increased by over 200% from the previous year, to R2.5 billion, but at national level, clean audits appallingly regressed to 23%, from an already paltry 30% in the previous financial year.
STATEMENT: DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE INVITES COMMENTS ON ITS LANGUAGE POLICY
The Centre for Unity in Diversity (CUD) has responded to the Department of Arts and Culture’s (DAC) call for comments on its proposed and reviewed Official Language Policy as an important contribution to the promotion of language rights for all South Africans.
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