CONSTITUTIONAL COMMENTARY AND EVENTS
ARTICLES AND STATEMENTS
SOUTH AFRICANS’ RIGHT TO CITIZENSHIP: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
Shanees Nkandu outlines the recent developments regarding citizenship in South Africa and the protection of this right by the Constitution and the Constitutional Court.
A VISIT TO U-TURN: TURNING LIVES AROUND
On 25 April 2025, a FW de Klerk Foundation delegation visited U-turn and learned more about the important services that they provide for the homeless.
WINDS OF CHANGE AND THE GROWTH OF NATIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS
Christo van der Rheede, Executive Director of the FW de Klerk Foundation, reflects on former British prime minister Harold Macmillan’s 1960 “Winds of change” speech in relation to the changes currently occurring, both locally and internationally.
PODCASTS
SUBMISSIONS
ARTICLE: MAX DU PREEZ, ROOF AND STRYDOM
In an article in Tuesday’s Media24 publications Max du Preez states that Dylann Roof, accused of killing nine black worshippers in Charleston, S. Carolina, “shares apartheid’s ideology.” Du Preez goes on to say that Barend Strydom’s random killing of seven black South Africans in 1989 made him think “that his (Roof’s) identification with apartheid wasn’t so inappropriate after all.”
This inescapably creates the impression that the wanton killing of black people was somehow an integral aspect of the ideology of apartheid.
ARTICLE: MAGNA CARTA
800 years ago, on 15 June 1215, in a plashy meadow beside the River Thames in England, an event took place that would deeply affect the constitutional future – not only of the English people – but of countries throughout the world, including South Africa. On that day King John was forced by his barons to sign the Magna Carta – a document that introduced for the first time the notion that kings – and by extension governments – are ultimately subject to the Rule of Law.
ARTICLE: TYING MANDELA’S SHOELACES: NIËL BARNARD’S ACCOUNT OF THE SECRET REVOLUTION
Niël Barnard’s autobiography, Secret Revolution, provides an interesting insight into the secret negotiations between Nelson Mandela and the National Intelligence Service (NIS) in 1988/89 that helped prepare the way to the constitutional transformation of South Africa.
Barnard tells us how he established the NIS despite the opposition of the state’s other intelligence agencies.
He also reveals the substantial role that NIS played in establishing secret ties with a number of African governments – often without the knowledge of the Department of Foreign Affairs.
SPEECHES
EVENTS
MEET OUR INTERN: LUSANDA MAHKUNTSU
The FW de Klerk Foundation is pleased to have Lusanda Mahkuntsu on board as an online intern.
MEET OUR INTERN: THANDO MALINGA
The FW de Klerk Foundation is pleased to have Thando Malinga on board as an online intern.
SUBMISSION ON NOTICE TO INTRODUCE CONSTITUTION TWENTY-SECOND AMENDMENT BILL (PMB BY BREYTENBACH, DA MP)
The FW de Klerk Foundation’s submission regarding the notice to introduce Constitution Twenty-Second Amendment Bill by Honourable Adv Glynnis Breytenbach of the DA Party.
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