CONSTITUTIONAL COMMENTARY AND EVENTS
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EVENTS
STATEMENT ON SUBMISSION TO CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW COMMITTEE ON POSSIBLE AMENDMENT TO SECTION 25 OF CONSTITUTION TO ALLOW EXPROPRIATION WITHOUT COMPENSATION
The FW de Klerk Foundation, like thousands of other organisations and individual South Africans, submitted its views on the amendment to section 25 of the Constitution to allow expropriation without compensation (EWC) to the parliamentary Constitutional Review Committee. The Foundation regards this question as being of central importance to the future of South Africa – not only with regard to the essential requirement for a successful process of land reform, but also for the future of property rights and hence the future prospects for the economy, as well as for the future of race relations in South Africa.
Together with numerous respected jurists, including the late Arthur Chaskalson CJ, as well as the High Level Panel appointed by Parliament, the Foundation believes that it is not necessary to change section 25 of the Constitution to achieve land reform and extend property rights to all South Africans.
ARTICLE: THE FORGOTTEN YOUTH
16 June is celebrated annually in South Africa as Youth Day. The Day honours the students who sacrificed their lives in 1976, during protests against Bantu Education and the addition of Afrikaans (alongside English) as a compulsory medium of instruction in all schools.
There is a plethora of statistics and information about South African youth that can be used to illustrate the dire situation in which this group finds itself as the commemorations begin. From the abysmal state of youth unemployment – recorded at 38.2% for young people aged 15 to 34 in the first quarter of 2018 – to the quality of the primary education system being ranked 116/137 by the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report. In addition, the state of higher education has been under a microscope for years with very little positive progress, and the Department of Basic Education (DBE) is battling to ensure that every child has a place in school at the beginning of every academic year, amongst others.
SUBMISSION ON THE REVIEW OF SECTION 25 OF THE CONSTITUTION
The FW de Klerk Foundation was established in 1999 to protect and promote the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, as the most important legacy of its founder, former President FW de Klerk.
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