CONSTITUTIONAL COMMENTARY AND EVENTS
ARTICLES AND STATEMENTS
AMBASSADOR BARBARA BARRETT’S “THE WORLD TODAY” LECTURE AT THE FW DE KLERK MEMORIAL LECTURE 2024
Ambassador Barrett presented her lecture “The World Today” at the third FW de Klerk Memorial Lecture.
WHY SOUTH AFRICA NEEDS ELECTORAL REFORM: A LOOK AT MIXED-MEMBER PROPORTIONAL SYSTEMS
With the Electoral Reform Consultation Panel’s invitation for comments on why, how and whether South Africa’s present electoral system should be reformed, changed, or even replaced, Daniela Ellerbeck explores the options facing South Africa.
THE IMPLICATIONS OF RELOCATING TAIWAN’S LIAISON OFFICE OUTSIDE PRETORIA
Ezra Mendel, Intern at the FW de Klerk Foundation, explores the recent decision by the South African government to move Taiwan’s de facto embassy and the subsequent questions about South Africa’s diplomatic alignment.
PODCASTS
SUBMISSIONS
ARTICLE: PRESIDENT ZUMA RETURNS TO SECOND PHASE PLAY
South Africans would do well to take note of President Zuma’s statement in Parliament yesterday regarding the ANC’s plans to “intensify the implementation of affirmative action policies in order to deepen reconciliation and social cohesion in our country.” The President did not grab these ideas from the air – they are a core element of the second phase of the ANC’s National Democratic Revolution.
ARTICLE: INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY 2014: SPEAKING A LANGUAGE WE ALL UNDERSTAND
International Mother Language Day (IMLD) – on 21 February each year – celebrates language diversity, variety and multilingualism throughout the world.
ARTICLE: THE URGENT NEED FOR ECONOMIC LITERACY
In a recent article (abridged in the Cape Times, 20 January 2014) Professor Jane Duncan pointed to the fact that although socialist ideas are widely espoused by the masses there is little reference to socialism in most of our media. She says that objective viewers “would probably conclude that socialism was consigned to the dustbin of politically bankrupt ideas long ago.”
SPEECHES
EVENTS
THE FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION TELLS MINISTER TO WITHDRAW NHI REGS, FOLLOW CORRECT PROCESS
The FW de Klerk Foundation submitted formal comments on the Department of Health’s Proposed Governance Regulations for the National Health Insurance Fund and called for the Regulations to be withdrawn as the Minister has acted unlawfully by proposing them before consulting the NHI Fund.
SUBMISSION ON THE NHI FUND: PROPOSED GOVERNANCE REGULATIONS
The FW de Klerk Foundation’s submission regarding the NHI Fund: Proposed Governance Regulations.
TOURISM BREAKFAST BRIEFING
On 4 June, the FW de Klerk Foundation hosted a breakfast briefing for representatives of the tourism sector.
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