CONSTITUTIONAL COMMENTARY AND EVENTS
ARTICLES AND STATEMENTS
BALANCING THE BOOKS – ALTERNATIVE PROPOSALS TO MAKE THE BUDGET BEAT
Ismail Joosub discusses the postponement of the 2025 Budget Speech; how South Africa has found itself in fiscal strife and alternative fiscal solutions government should consider over increasing VAT.
FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION EMPOWERS YOUTH AT PHOENIX COLLEGE
The FW de Klerk Foundation’s Constitutional Advancement team visits Phoenix College and teaches learners about the Constitution, their rights and how to be an active and responsible citizen.
FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION CONGRATULATES NEW AU LEADERSHIP, EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER YOUTH CHALLENGES ACROSS AFRICA
The FW de Klerk Foundation congratulates H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf on his election as the Chairperson of the African Union Commission and H.E. Selma Malika Haddadi on her election as Deputy Chairperson.
PODCASTS
SUBMISSIONS
ARTICLE: “A COUNTRY THAT BELONGS TO ALL WHO LIVE IN IT, UNITED IN OUR DIVERSITY…”
At the ANC’s glittering Gala Dinner in Cape Town last Friday President Zuma said that Jan van Riebeeck’s arrival in the Cape was the beginning of all South Africa’s problems.
ARTICLE: BLADE NZIMANDE’S UNCONSTITUTIONAL CAMPAIGN TO ELIMINATE AFRIKAANS AS A UNIVERSITY LANGUAGE
According to “Rapport” of 30 November 2014, the Minister of Higher Education, Dr Blade Nzimande, has threatened to withdraw the registration of the private university, Akademia, if its language of tuition remains exclusively Afrikaans.
ARTICLE: AIDS IN SOUTH AFRICA: OUT OF MEDIA, OUT OF MIND
Since March this year more than 5 000 people have died of Ebola.
SPEECHES
EVENTS
FREEDOM OF TRADE AND LABOUR IN 2024: PROGRESS, PITFALLS AND POLICY SHIFTS
Sonia Twongyeirwe describes the state of the basic right to freedom of trade, occupation, profession and labour relations in South Africa, as outlined in the FW de Klerk Foundation’s Human Rights Report Card.
RESTORING LOCAL GOVERNMENT: THE FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION’S CALL FOR CONSTITUTIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY
Daniela Ellerbeck outlines the Foundation’s recent submission on the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs’ Discussion Document on the Review of the White Paper on Local Government.
FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION CALLS FOR FULL ACCOUNTABILITY IN SETA BOARD SCANDAL
The FW de Klerk Foundation is deeply concerned by reports that Minister of Higher Education and Training, Dr Nobuhle Nkabane, misled Parliament regarding the appointment of politically connected individuals to chair the boards of Sector Education and Training Authorities.
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