CONSTITUTIONAL COMMENTARY AND EVENTS
ARTICLES AND STATEMENTS
THE EXPROPRIATION ACT, 2024’S “NIL COMPENSATION” – A HISTORY
Daniela Ellerbeck explores the Expropriation Act in a series of articles. This first article outlines the history of the Act.
EXPROPRIATION ACT NOW LAW – THE FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION CALLS ON MPS TO EXERCISE SECTION 80 OPTION
Daniela Ellerbeck assesses the Expropriation Bill that President Cyril Ramaphosa signed into law recently.
THE EXPROPRIATION ACT, WHAT NOW?
Daniela Ellerbeck assesses the Expropriation Bill that President Cyril Ramaphosa signed into law recently.
PODCASTS
SUBMISSIONS
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.”
ARTICLE: PROFESSOR JONATHAN JANSEN’S ACCUSATION THAT RIGHT-WING AFRIKANERS WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEATH OF THE LATE PROF RUSSEL BOTMAN
Jonathan Jansen is one of our most outspoken and influential academic leaders. From time to time he has taken sensible and courageous decisions in navigating the minefield of transformational politics at his own university, the University of the Free State.
SPEECHES
EVENTS
DIPLOMACY IS NOT DEAD – THE WORLD HAS JUST FORGOTTEN HOW TO USE IT
Ismail Joosub analyses the recent conflict in the Middle East and questions whether those in leadership positions remember that escalation and “self-defence” attacks are not the only options – diplomacy is not dead.
BALANCING TRANSPARENCY AND SECURITY – SOUTH AFRICA’S ACCESS TO INFORMATION ECOSYSTEM
Sonia Twongyeirwe recognises recent updates which have affected South Africans’ enjoyment of the fundamental right to access information, as enshrined in the South African Constitution.
POLITICAL RIGHTS: REFLECTIONS ON THE 2024 GENERAL ELECTION AND CURRENT NEED FOR ELECTORAL REFORM
Sonia Twongyeirwe considers the state of political rights in South Africa (which are guaranteed by section 19 of the Constitution) in 2024, as outlined in the Foundation’s 2024 Human Rights Report Card.
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