CONSTITUTIONAL COMMENTARY AND EVENTS
ARTICLES AND STATEMENTS
FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION RELEASES 2024 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT CARD, AIMS TO IGNITE NATIONWIDE DISCUSSION ON CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS & FREEDOMS
In honour of Human Rights Day, the FW de Klerk Foundation’s Constitutional Rights Programme team launched the Foundation’s Human Rights Report Card 2024.
FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION STATEMENT ON THE 2025 BUDGET SPEECH
The FW de Klerk Foundation acknowledges the 2025 Budget Speech delivered by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana and comments on the fiscal decisions that have been made.
ASSESSING THE REAL-WORLD IMPACT OF EDUCATION BUDGET CUTS IN SOUTH AFRICA
Ismail Joosub outlines the cost of postponing the National Budget Speech for schools and the deterioration the nation should expect if education funding shortfalls continue.
PODCASTS
SUBMISSIONS
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.
ARTICLE: PRESIDENT ZUMA’S SECOND INAUGURAL ADDRESS
The central message of President Zuma’s second inaugural address is that, during the next five years, his new government will launch the “second phase of our transition from apartheid to a national democratic society.
ARTICLE: LANGUAGES, JUSTICE AND THE COURTS: A MISINTERPRETATION
According to media reports, the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development is getting ready to introduce indigenous language courts “in an attempt to speed up justice” and “make courts more accessible”.
A pilot project for indigenous language courts was run in 2009, but was stopped after an assessment by the Department. The Department stated last month that it was reopening the project.
According to the Department, the objective is to introduce and promote the use of indigenous languages in a few courts, then to expand to other courts.
SPEECHES
EVENTS
TURNING A TRADE CRISIS INTO OPPORTUNITY
1 August 2025 is D-day for South Africa as a looming trade shock becomes reality: the United States is set to impose a punitive 30% tariff on South African exports. Ismail Joosub proposes how South Africa can recalibrate and cushion ourselves against such threats going forward.
ECONOMIC STAGNATION IN SOUTH AFRICA: HOW TO OVERCOME IT BY MOELETSI MBEKI
Moeletsi Mbeki recently presented at the FW de Klerk Foundation’s Constitutional Rights Conference at the Birchwood Hotel & OR Tambo Conference Centre.
OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNLOCKING INCLUSIVE ECONOMIC GROWTH IN SOUTH AFRICA BY DR CELESTE CAMPHER
Dr Celeste Campher recently presented at the FW de Klerk Foundation’s Constitutional Rights Conference at the Birchwood Hotel & OR Tambo Conference Centre.
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