CONSTITUTIONAL COMMENTARY AND EVENTS
ARTICLES AND STATEMENTS
STATEMENT: MANDELA DAY 2014
In celebration of the life and legacy of Nelson Mandela, former President De Klerk will be participating in a press event on Friday, 18 July to publicise the upcoming World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates.
ARTICLE: PROFESSOR JONATHAN JANSEN’S ACCUSATION THAT RIGHT-WING AFRIKANERS WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEATH OF THE LATE PROF RUSSEL BOTMAN
Jonathan Jansen is one of our most outspoken and influential academic leaders. From time to time he has taken sensible and courageous decisions in navigating the minefield of transformational politics at his own university, the University of the Free State.
STATEMENT: DEATH OF NADINE GORDIMER
The FW de Klerk Foundation has learned with sadness of the death of Nadine Gordimer.
She was a giant of South African literature and was a prominent critic of apartheid before 1994. She continued to be critical of unconstitutional behaviour from any quarter in South Africa and was particularly opposed to any steps that might limit the freedom of the press.
PODCASTS
SUBMISSIONS
SPEECHES
EVENTS
ARTICLE: THE ANC’S PARTY LIST AND SCENARIOS FOR MAY 2019 AND 2025
The ANC recently published the list of its members who will go to Parliament following the May election. These people will form the ANC Caucus in Parliament; they must support President Ramaphosa in his plans to set the government and the economy on a firm footing. If one takes a closer look, and applies one’s mind, the compilation of this list is almost more important than the voting percentage of between 55% and 60% that the ANC is likely to get in the general election. The compilation of this list is the most recent barometer of how matters stand in the battle between the constitutionalists on the Ramaphosa side, and the kleptocrats on the Zupta side.
ARTICLE: HUMAN RIGHTS DAY – A TIME TO REFLECT ON THE STATE’S MANDATE
On 21 March, South Africa celebrates Human Rights Day, historically linked to the tragic events at Sharpeville on 21 March 1960. On this day, 69 people died and 180 were wounded when the police fired on a crowd gathered in protest against apartheid pass laws. On this day, we as South Africans are reminded that the explicit protection and promotion of human rights in the Bill of Rights came at a cost to many. Today, the Bill of Rights provides the ordinary person with the power to confront, test and hold the State, in specific, accountable.
HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT CARD: 2019
The Centre for Constitutional Rights (CFCR) is pleased to present its annual Human Rights Report Card indicating where, in our opinion, South Africa has been making progress with regard to human rights and where it has been regressing.
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