CONSTITUTIONAL COMMENTARY AND EVENTS
ARTICLES AND STATEMENTS
ARTICLE: INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY 2014: SPEAKING A LANGUAGE WE ALL UNDERSTAND
International Mother Language Day (IMLD) – on 21 February each year – celebrates language diversity, variety and multilingualism throughout the world.
THE NEW SOUTH AFRICA AT 20: THE NEED FOR REAL TRANSFORMATION
SPEECH BY FORMER PRESIDENT FW DE KLERK TO THE FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION CONFERENCE ON THE NEED FOR REAL TRANSFORMATION, CAPE TOWN, 31 JANUARY 2014
ARTICLE: THE URGENT NEED FOR ECONOMIC LITERACY
In a recent article (abridged in the Cape Times, 20 January 2014) Professor Jane Duncan pointed to the fact that although socialist ideas are widely espoused by the masses there is little reference to socialism in most of our media. She says that objective viewers “would probably conclude that socialism was consigned to the dustbin of politically bankrupt ideas long ago.”
PODCASTS
SUBMISSIONS
SPEECHES
EVENTS
PRESENTATION – MS PENELOPE VINJEVOLD ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2019
Reducing Inequality in the schooling system
Outline of the Presentation
• The size and shape of the schooling system
• Progress in addressing inequalities in the schooling system
• Four suggestions for reducing inequality at no or little additional cost
PRESENTATION – DR ROELOF BOTHA ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2019
Addressing economic equality with pragmatism
Radical land reform – shortcut to poverty
Likely results of constitutional amendment for radical land reform:
Protection of property rights in SA is diminished
Heightened policy uncertainty
Decline in the prices of land & related assets
Negative impact on balance sheets of banks and their ability to provide loans
PRESENTATION – PROF HAROON BHORAT ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2019
The Challenge of Economic Growth in South Africa: Structural Transformation and Job Creation
Outline
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A Long-Run Growth Trap in South Africa
• Economic Growth and Structural Transformation
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The Advent of Deindustrialisation: Global and South African
Evidence
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Manufacturing and Low-Wage Employment: A Viable Growth Strategy?
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Whither Economic Growth: Building Economic Complexity
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Looking to the Future:
• The Fourth Industrial Revolution• South Africa’s Labour Force
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