CONSTITUTIONAL COMMENTARY AND EVENTS
ARTICLES AND STATEMENTS
AMERICA’S CHOICE, SOUTH AFRICA’S FUTURE: THE IMPACT OF THE US ELECTIONS ON SA
Ismail Joosub explores the potential consequences of the upcoming US election on South Africa, examining key areas such as trade, foreign policy, energy, technology and investment and offering insights into how these factors could shape South Africa’s future.
FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION ATTENDS LAUNCH OF “OUR SHARED HUMANITY IN ACTION” EXHIBITION
The FW de Klerk Foundation is pleased to have attended the Nelson Mandela Foundation’s launch of the exhibition “Our Shared Humanity in Action: Reflecting on the United Nations Special Committee Against Apartheid”.
THE FOUNDATION NOTES DOJ’S COMMITMENT TO INCREASE COURT SAFETY
The Foundation notes Justice Minister Thembisile Simelane’s response to a recent question by Hon Xego that her department is committed to continually increase the security in courts.
PODCASTS
SUBMISSIONS
ARTICLE: TURNING UP THE BBBEE AND EMPLOYMENT EQUITY HEAT ON WHITE-OWNED BUSINESSES
The recently published BEE codes and the Employment Equity Amendment Bill (EEAB) can be understood only within the context of the ANC’s overarching National Democratic Revolution (NDR) and its ideology of demographic representivity (DR).
According to the ANC’s 2007 Strategy and Tactics document “A critical element of the programme for national emancipation should be the elimination of apartheid property relations.” This would require, inter alia, “the de-racialisation of ownership and control of wealth, including land”; and “equity and affirmative action in the provision of skills and access to positions of management”.
ARTICLE: CONFUSING RACIAL PREJUDICE WITH LANGUAGE RIGHTS
Remarks made by Prof Jonathan Jansen – Rector of the University of the Free State – in the Percy Baneshik Memorial Lecture to the English Academy of South Africa on 18 September, have caused a furore in Afrikaans cultural and educational circles. They have been widely interpreted as a call for English-only education and as a claim that “Afrikaans-exclusive or even Afrikaans-dominant white schools and universities represent a serious threat to race relations in South Africa”.
ARTICLE: HERITAGE AFTER HERITAGE DAY 2013: CULTURAL TACTLESSNESS
The recent statements made by Arts and Culture Minister, Paul Mashatile, as well as Pretoria/Tshwane executive mayor, Kgosientso Ramokgopa – only three days after South Africa celebrated Heritage Day – raise questions regarding their commitment to the Preamble of the Constitution to “heal the divisions of the past” and that “South Africa belongs to all who live in it, united in our diversity”.
SPEECHES
EVENTS
A VISIT TO THE CAPE TOWN SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND – BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS FOR THE BLIND
On 2 April 2025, a FW de Klerk Foundation delegation visited The Cape Town Society for the Blind’s campus to learn more about how they empower and support the visually impaired.
SUBMISSION ON THE DRAFT TRANSFORMATION FUND CONCEPT DOCUMENT
The FW de Klerk Foundation’s submission regarding the Draft Transformation Fund Concept Document.
WHAT WOULD A YOUTH-FOCUSED BUDGET REALLY LOOK LIKE?
Ismail Joosub considers the third rendition of the budget speech and what it would look like if it did not skirt around our most urgent long-term challenge: The economic and social exclusion of young people.
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