CONSTITUTIONAL COMMENTARY AND EVENTS
ARTICLES AND STATEMENTS
PODCASTS
SUBMISSIONS
SPEECHES
EVENTS
ARTICLE: WHEN GANGSTERS REIGN
The Zondo and Nugent Commissions of Inquiry will in the next few weeks and months drill down, hopefully hard, on the extent of State capture and the sorry state of affairs at the revenue collection agency.
STATEMENT: THE PASSING OF PROFESSOR MARINUS WIECHERS
The FW de Klerk Foundation with sadness observes the passing of Professor Marinus Wiechers, a member of the advisory panel of the Foundation’s Centre for Constitutional Rights (CFCR). However, we also rejoice in the life and significant achievements of Marinus Wiechers.
Professor Wiechers was one of South Africa’s first and foremost legal constitutional experts. He played a significant role in the drafting of both the Namibian and the South African constitutions. He was a consummate academic, with numerous research outputs and books of international quality. As Vice-Chancellor of UNISA, he played an important role in leading the largest South African university into a new era.
ARTICLE: PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO GAUTENG PUBLIC SCHOOL REGULATIONS ERODE TRUST AT THE COST OF ACCESS TO BASIC EDUCATION
Following the Pretoria High Court judgment in the Overvaal High School (Overvaal) matter and the subsequent violent protests that erupted, it is understandable that little trust exists between School Governing Bodies (SGBs) of public schools and the Gauteng Education Department. In January 2018, the Pretoria High Court found that the Gauteng Education Department arbitrarily instructed Overvaal, a single-medium Afrikaans school, to accept 55 English learners, without first considering the available capacity at surrounding English schools. The Constitutional Court, on the same grounds, refused the Gauteng Education Department’s leave to appeal the Overvaal High Court judgment.
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