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The FW de Klerk Foundation is a nonpartisan organisation that was established in 1999 by former South African
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Frederik Willem de Klerk Frederik Willem de Klerk (, , 18 March 1936 – 11 November 2021) was a South African politician who served as state president of South Africa from 1989 to 1994 and as deputy president from 1994 to 1996 in the democratic government. As South ...
. It promotes activities in "multi-community" countries and seeks to nurture the democracy of
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. Its foundational principles are based upon those of the
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, multi-party democracy and free-market economics. It aims are to support and promote the constitution, promote
unity in diversity Unity in diversity is used as an expression of harmony and unity between dissimilar individuals or groups. It is a concept of "unity without uniformity and diversity without fragmentation" that shifts focus from unity based on a mere tolerance ...
, support charities that care for disabled and disadvantaged children and provide information on de Klerk's presidency. The Executive Director of the Foundation is Dr
Theuns Eloff Theuns Eloff (born 17 May 1955) is a South African, who is the ex-Executive Director of the FW de Klerk Foundation, an ex-Rector and an ex-Reconciler. Beginnings He was born on 17 May 1955 in Potchefstroom. He completed his school career at P ...
(as of 1 July 2016). The Foundation was involved in 2006 in the resolution of tensions concerning a directive by the Police Commissioner in the
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that English be the sole language medium for police documentation even in primarily non-English speaking areas of the Province. The Foundation also incorporates the '
Centre for Constitutional Rights
'' (CFCR). The CFCR seeks to promote the values, rights and principles of the Constitution, to monitor developments including policy and draft legislation that might affect the Constitution and the values, rights or principles provided therein, to inform people and organisations of their constitutional rights and to assist them in claiming their rights. The CFCR is headed by Ms Phephelaphi Dube (as of 1 May 2016) as Director of the CFCR and advised by an eminent group of constitutiona
experts
under the patronage of the Honourable Justic
Ian Farlam
retired judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal.


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FW de Klerk Foundation

Centre for Constitutional Rights

Partner: Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation South Africa
Organizations established in 2000 {{SouthAfrica-org-stub