CONSTITUTIONAL COMMENTARY AND EVENTS
ARTICLES AND STATEMENTS
THE EXPROPRIATION ACT, 2024’S “NIL COMPENSATION” – A LEGAL ANALYSIS
Daniela Ellerbeck covers the two main legal concerns regarding the Expropriation Act.
CAN SOUTH AFRICA AFFORD ANOTHER FLAWED TRANSFORMATION FUND?
Ismail Joosub reviews the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition’s recent proposal to establish a R100 billion Transformation Fund.
MOVING BEYOND BBBEE – ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR INCLUSIVE GROWTH
Ismail Joosub considers the pitfalls of the current BBBEE solution and explores alternative solutions for inclusive growth.
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ARTICLE: GEORGE AIRPORT AND NKANDLA
In comments that he is reported to have made at a luncheon yesterday, President Zuma apparently asked why there was so much criticism over state expenditure on his personal residence at Nkandla, if the state had been prepared to build an airport for PW Botha in George in 1977?
He also pointed out that he lived in official accommodation without paying rent and that he made use of official aircraft without having to pay the costs involved. Were these unfair benefits, he asked? When it was pointed out that Nkandla was his own personal property he asked whether it was not the state’s duty to protect the president and the deputy president?
ARTICLE: THE DALAI LAMA’S VISA AND TERMINOLOGICAL INEXACTITUDES
In a statement issued today, the President’s spokesman, Mac Maharaj, has taken “strong exception to the attack on the South African government by the Executive Mayor of the City of Cape Town, Ms Patricia de Lille”, because “she blamed government for the cancellation of the 14th World Summit of Nobel Laureates.”
ARTICLE: THE MANAGEMENT OF DIVERSITY IN UKRAINE AND SOUTH AFRICA
The current crisis in the Ukraine points to one of the central challenges of the new millennium: the need to ensure the peaceful coexistence of diverse ethnic, religious and linguistic communities within the same country.
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EVENTS
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.
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