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PRINCIPLES OF FORGIVENESS AND RECONCILIATION
PRINCIPLES OF FORGIVENESS AND RECONCILIATION SPEECH BY MR F W DE KLERK AT COVENTRY CATHEDRAL, COVENTRY, ON 2 SEPTEMBER 1997 This great cathedral is a
FW DE KLERK SPEECH ON THE ADOPTION OF THE 1996 CONSTITUTION
FW DE KLERK SPEECH ON THE ADOPTION OF THE 1996 CONSTITUTION TOESPRAAK DEUR ADJUNKPRESIDENT F W DE KLERK, GRONDWETDEBAT, 8 MEI 1996 Vandag bereik ons
PROBLEMS IN THE GOVERNMENT OF NATIONAL UNITY
SPEECH BY DEPUTY PRESIDENT F W DE KLERK TO THE EUROPEAN FEDERATION OF FINANCIAL ANALYSTS’ “SOUTHERN AFRICA INVESTMENT SUMMIT”; JOHANNESBURG, 11 SEPTEMBER 1995 Almost a
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ARTICLE: THE DOOMED NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE BILL: THE NEED TO RESET THE PATH TO UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE – PART I
In a similar vein to the land reform debate in South Africa, health reform is also filled with populist rhetoric, seemingly in the lead up to the 2019 national elections. In February 2018, President Ramaphosa singled out the urgency of National Health Insurance (NHI) in his first State of Nation address. Publication of the draft National Health Insurance Bill (NHI Bill) followed shortly, with the simultaneous release of the Medical Schemes Amendment Bill (MSA Bill).
ARTICLE: A WOUNDED HERITAGE
Since 1996, the government declared the former Shaka Day, 24 September, as a new national holiday that would embrace the common heritage of the country, including its culture, history, wildlife, monuments, artwork, literature, music, folklore, languages, culinary traditions, and more.
ARTICLE: THE AKKERLAND SAGA – SOUTH AFRICA DESERVES BETTER
The decision of the Land Claims Court last week whereby Akkerland Boerdery once again took ownership of the two farms it originally consisted of, almost went unnoticed. The ministerial notice of expropriation of 29 March – which gave the owners seven days to vacate and leave the farms – was overturned with costs. Apparently the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform (the infamous Maite Nkoana-Mashabane) admitted her Department made a mistake in issuing the notice of expropriation.
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