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PRESIDENT FW DE KLERK’S SPEECH TO PARLIAMENT ON 2 FEBRUARY 1990
PRESIDENT FW DE KLERK’S SPEECH TO PARLIAMENT ON 2 FEBRUARY 1990 Address by the State President, Mr FW De Klerk, DMS, at the opening of
FW DE KLERK SPEECH TO PARLIAMENT AFTER HIS ELECTION AS LEADER OF THE NATIONAL PARTY
TOESPRAAK DEUR MNR F W DE KLERK, HOOFLEIER VAN DIE NASIONALE PARTY: DEBAT INSAKE WAARNEMENDE STAATSPRESIDENTSREDE 8 FEBRUARIE 1989 Ter aanvang wil ek my hartlike
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INVITATION: STATE-OWNED ENTITIES IN SOUTH AFRICA – BEYOND REFORM?
THE CONSTITUTION AND GOOD PUBLIC LEADERSHIP: BREAKFAST DISCUSSION SERIES 2018
TOPIC: STATE-OWNED ENTITIES IN SOUTH AFRICA – BEYOND REFORM?
SPEAKERS:
- Sikonathi Mantshantsha, Deputy Editor, Financial Mail
- Pauli van Wyk, Journalist for Scorpio, the investigative arm of Daily Maverick
ARTICLE: PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY: SOUTH AFRICAN VETERINARY ASSOCIATION (SAVA) V SPEAKER OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
The concept of public participation in South Africa has often been narrowly understood to mean only the participation in public affairs of the State via the right to vote. Whilst the right to vote is indeed an effective tool to ensure public involvement in government affairs, the Constitution also extends public participation to involvement in Parliament’s legislative process. In the Preamble, the Constitution states that South Africa’s democracy should be founded on a government “based on the will of the people”. Further, section 59(1), 72(1) and 118(1) of the Constitution oblige Parliament to “facilitate public involvement in the legislative and other processes” of the same. Parliament may limit the public’s involvement but is prohibited from doing so unless a reasonable and justifiable cause exists.
SPEECH: MULTICULTURALISM AND GLOBAL POLITICAL CHALLENGES
Your Royal Highnesses, Fellow Nobel Peace Laureates, Your Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen… One of the inescapable implications of globalisation is an enormous increase in the interaction between people from different backgrounds, cultures, languages and religions. The management of the resulting cultural, language and religious diversity will be one of this century’s greatest challenges.
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