CONSTITUTIONAL COMMENTARY AND EVENTS
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CHOOSING THE RIGHT FORM OF DEMOCRACY
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS (3 MINUTES) BY FORMER PRESIDENT F W DE KLERK TO THE FIRST GLOBAL FORUM ON NEW DEMOCRACIES, TAIPEI, 24 JANUARY 2008 The initiative
FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION STUDY ON LAND REFORM
COMMENTS BY DAVE STEWARD, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE F W DE KLERK FOUNDATION, ON THE FOUNDATION’S RECENTLY PUBLISHED STUDY OF LAND REFORM: CAPE TOWN, 24
THE NEW SOUTH AFRICA AT 13 – THE PROBLEMS OF BEING A TEENAGER
SPEECH BY FORMER PRESIDENT F W DE KLERK TO PSG KONSULT NATIONAL CONFERENCE: SUN CITY, 2 MARCH 2007 NATIONAL CREDIT INDABA, SANDTON, 12 JULY 2007
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ARTICLE: REBUILDING TOLERANCE
“Tolerance is an act of humanity, which we must nurture and enact each in [our] own lives every day, to rejoice in the diversity that makes us strong and the values that bring us together.”
– UNESCO Director-General, Audrey Azoulay
ARTICLE: REGULATING RELIGION: IS THERE A CASE?
Freedom of religion, belief and opinion, in addition to freedom of association, are embedded in the Bill of Rights and serve as valuable constitutional rights.
ARTICLE: NINE MONTHS IN – THE RAMAPHOSA REPORT CARD
Friday, November 16, will mark exactly nine months since President Ramaphosa delivered his maiden speech in Parliament. Amid non-stop news, it is perhaps good to take a quiet moment and to evaluate how the “new dawn” looks after nine months (and it was perhaps just as exhausting as a difficult pregnancy!).
On 16 February, the new President made a number of commitments to the representatives of South Africa’s people (and thereby to all of us). Some of these were commitments that were already in the works under former Cabinet members, and others were clearly his own. In many cases, he placed his own stamp on these commitments.
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