CONSTITUTIONAL COMMENTARY AND EVENTS
ARTICLES AND STATEMENTS
FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION WELCOMES RULING ON UNLAWFUL PPE CONTRACTS
The FW de Klerk Foundation welcomes the Special Tribunal’s ruling that declared two personal protective equipment contracts unlawful and invalid.
FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION NEWS RELEASE ON THE INCONSISTENCY OF THE PRESIDENT’S TREATMENT OF MINISTERS
The FW de Klerk Foundation notes with concern the President’s inconsistent treatment of his Cabinet members.
FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION PRESS STATEMENT ON ESCALATING CHILD ABUSE CASES IN SOUTH AFRICA
The FW de Klerk Foundation notes with serious concern the recent data confirming over 26 000 cases of child abuse and neglect during 2024-25 and calls for urgent reforms.
PODCASTS
SUBMISSIONS
ARTICLE: WHAT IS THE CAUSE OF SASSA AND OTHER’S LACK OF CAPACITY AND INCOMPETENCE?
“This Court and the country as a whole are now confronted with a situation where the executive admitted that it is unable to perform its constitutional and statutory responsibilities to provide social assistance to its people. And in the deepest and most humiliating irony it places its hopes in a private corporate entity to get out of this situation”
– Justice Johan Froneman, the Black Sash pronunciation, March 17, 2017
“The problem is that Hlaudi on went a campaign to appoint freelancers on a permanent basis. Now we are left with an exorbitant wage bill… They do not know what to do with all these people, because they do not have the skills to be moved to critical areas such as television and sales”
– Unknown senior SABC employee, Rapport, March 19, 2017
ARTICLE: SIFTING THROUGH THE MUDDLE TO MAKE SENSE OF SECTION 27
In a decisive and often scathing judgment on Friday, 17 March 2017, the Constitutional Court ruled…
ARTICLE: DIMINISHING THE POWER OF DISCRIMINATION
The killing of 69 unarmed people in Sharpeville, South Africa, protesting apartheid pass laws on 21 March 1960, stirred the conscience of the world and saw the United Nations General Assembly adopt a Resolution to declare the day International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in 1966.
SPEECHES
EVENTS
YOUR RIGHT TO LIVE OUT YOUR BELIEFS IN PUBLIC
The FW de Klerk Foundation outlines how religious rights are protected by the Constitution and how diversity strengthens our nation, as outlined in its 2025 Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Rights Report Card.
THE FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION WELCOMES THIS DEVELOPMENT TO END THE CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST
The FW de Klerk Foundation welcomes this development to end the conflict in the Middle East.
YOUR RIGHT TO LIVE OUT YOUR CULTURE
The FW de Klerk Foundation outlines how cultural rights are protected by the Constitution and how diversity strengthens our nation, as outlined in its 2025 Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Rights Report Card.
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