CONSTITUTIONAL COMMENTARY AND EVENTS
ARTICLES AND STATEMENTS
THE FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION CELEBRATES 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT
The FW de Klerk Foundations marks the 30th anniversary of the Constitutional Court of South Africa.
THE NHI REGULATIONS – MINISTER IN DANGER OF ACTING ULTRA VIRES
Daniela Ellerbeck outlines the FW de Klerk Foundation’s formal comments on the Department of Health’s Proposed Governance Regulations for the National Health Insurance Fund.
A VISIT TO CHRISTEL HOUSE – “FROM CLASSROOM TO LIFE”
On 9 June 2025, a FW de Klerk Foundation delegation visited Christel House to learn more about the no-fee education they provide for learners.
PODCASTS
SUBMISSIONS
ARTICLE: SASSA SKIMMING THE POOR
In a series of barefaced lies, misinformation and distortions, the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) is yet again seeking refuge behind almost 17 million poor people, to cover up its inaction and connivance in giving effect to a Constitutional Court judgment rendering its contract with Cash Paymaster Services (CPS) invalid and illegal. In four weeks the Court’s grace period of 36 months for SASSA to get its house in order will come and go, and still we wait.
For most of the 17 million grant beneficiaries – and to the taxpayer – the elaborate but empty PowerPoint presentation made to the Portfolio Committee on Social Services in February 2017 is worthless, particularly when neither Minister Bathabile Dlamini nor the CEO of the agency, Thokozani Magwaza, bothered to show up at the meeting. The disregard for the poor is matched by the absence of accountability to the Legislature too.
ARTICLE: SASSA SHOWDOWN LOOMING OVER HEARTS AND POCKETS OF THE POOR
Minister of Social Development, Bathabile Dlamini, has through word and inaction, demonstrated her clear disregard of the Constitutional Court ruling declaring the SASSA contract with Cash Paymaster Services (CPS) invalid. She has further heaped scorn on the advice of the Minister of Finance in his 1 February 2017 letter to her offering remedial recourse to ensure that almost 17 million people receive their social security grants come 1 April 2017.
The haughty response from the Minister of Social Development to Treasury, dated 8 February, states that, “her Department was in charge of payments of grants and that interactions with Treasury as part of a joint technical team were not to map out the future of social grants, but to merely analyse available options”. By all accounts and simple comprehension of the said letter from Treasury, this was precisely what was being proposed. In addition, Treasury, as the ultimate steward of the resources of the country, added the caution that maintaining the status quo would open government to legal action. This hefty matter appears to be lost on the Minister.
ARTICLE: SASSA – ARE THE POOR THE FOOLS?
For the poorest South Africans, 1 April 2017 may indeed be April Fool’s Day as they return empty-handed from SASSA collection points, when the contract of Cash Paymaster Services (CPS), distributors of social grants on behalf of SASSA, comes to an end on 31 March.
SPEECHES
EVENTS
BILL THREATENING PROPERTY RIGHTS AND CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY TABLED IN PARLIAMENT
The MK Party’s MP, Mzwanele Manyi, has tabled a bill in Parliament seeking to nationalise all land and make the state its sole custodian. The FW de Klerk Foundation made a formal legal submission and urges the public to do the same.
CHILD MALNUTRITION AND VIOLENCE DEMAND URGENT ACTION
The FW de Klerk Foundation condemns the number of child deaths in South Africa over the last couple of months as a result of malnutrition and violence. Government must not continue to fail its youth – it must act now.
SUBMISSION ON THE DRAFT WHITE PAPER ON AUDIO AND AUDIO VISUAL MEDIA SERVICES AND ONLINE SAFETY
The FW de Klerk Foundation’s submission regarding the Draft White Paper on Audio and Audio Visual Media Services and Online Safety.
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