CONSTITUTIONAL COMMENTARY AND EVENTS
ARTICLES AND STATEMENTS
VERSION OF GILAB SIGNED INTO LAW – A SUCCESS STORY OF THE POWER OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
The recently signed into law General Intelligence Laws Amendment Act is a success story of public participation.
FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION’S REFLECTIONS ON THE POST-GAUTENG BUDGET SPEECH BREAKFAST
Ismail Joosub, Manager of Constitutional Advancement, recently attended the Post-Gauteng Budget Speech Breakfast and assessed the investment priorities of the province.
EMPOWERING YOUTH FOR GLOBAL CHANGE: Y20 AND SOUTH AFRICA’S FUTURE
Ezra Mendel, Intern of the Constitutional Advancement Programme, reflects on and celebrates the South African Institute of International Affairs’ recent conference which aimed to empower the youth and allow them to familiarise themselves with the Youth 20.
PODCASTS
SUBMISSIONS
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.
ARTICLE: OUR HUMBLE SERVANTS
People who are sceptical about big government sometimes observe that society can afford lazy and ineffective public servants because, on the whole, they do little harm – apart from consuming taxpayers’ money.
ARTICLE: NZIMANDE’S PLAN TO IMPOSE LANGUAGE UNIFORMITY ON OUR UNIVERSITIES
According to a statement made by the Minister of Higher Education, Blade Nzimande, during his budget debate earlier this week, “… we no longer have Afrikaans or Zulu or Tswana universities. All our universities are South African universities and must serve all the people of this country.”
SPEECHES
EVENTS
PRESS STATEMENT ON THE IMPACT OF US TARIFFS ON YOUTH EMPLOYMENT AND THE WAY FORWARD
Amirah Hassim outlines how South African youth will bear the brunt of the US tariffs, given their persistently high unemployment rate, and proposes ways to mitigate this burden through diversification.
ACHIEVING AN INCLUSIVE ECONOMY CONFERENCE
The FW de Klerk Foundation, in partnership with the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, hosted its Constitutional Rights Conference on “Achieving an Inclusive Economy” in Johannesburg on 24 July 2025.
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS CONFERENCE ON “ACHIEVING AN INCLUSIVE ECONOMY”
The FW de Klerk Foundation, in partnership with the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, hosted its Constitutional Rights Conference on “Achieving an Inclusive Economy” in Johannesburg on 24 July 2025.
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