Media Statements

In its submission, the HSF acknowledged the importance of achieving the objectives the Bill seeks to achieve and made the following submissions:

The Helen Suzman Presents Its Views On The National Health Insurance Bill To The Parliamentary Portfolio Committee On Health.

The Helen Suzman Foundation Comments On The Outbreak Of Violence In Certain Parts Of South Africa.

On 12 July 2021, The Constitutional Court Heard Former President, Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma’s Application To Have His Conviction And Sentencing To 15 Months Imprisonment For Contempt Of Court Rescinded. The Helen Suzman Foundation And The State Capture Commission Were Cited As Respondents In The Rescission Application And Opposed It.

Today, The Pietermaritzburg High Court Dismissed Jacob Zuma’s Attempt To Urgently Interdict His Arrest, With Costs.

On Tuesday 6 July 2021 Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma, Approached The Pietermaritzburg High Court To Request That It Urgently Interdict His Arrest, Pending The Constitutional Court Hearing His Rescission Application On 12 July 2021. The State Capture Commission And The Helen Suzman Foundation Opposed His Application.

The Helen Suzman Foundation Submitted Its Comments To The Joint Constitutional Review Committee On The Annual Review Of The Constitution

The Helen Suzman Foundation (“HSF”) has made submissions to the Inquiry into Ensuring Free and Fair Local Government Elections during COVID-19 (“the Inquiry”), in response to an invitation to do so from Justice Dikgang Moseneke.

The constitutional court has found that the former president, Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma, is guilty of contempt of court, and has sentenced him to 15 months in prison. The Helen Suzman foundation was admitted as amicus curiae in the application and welcomes the court’s findings as a victory for the rule of law in South Africa.

The Helen Suzman Foundation ("HSF") has submitted its comments to the South African Law Reform Commission in response to the issue paper on the Domestication of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).

The Helen Suzman Foundation (“HSF”) Has Submitted Its Comments To The Department Of Public Service And Administration In Respect Of Two Draft Amendment Bills: The Public Service Amendment Draft Bill, 2020 (“The PSA Bill”) And The Public Administration Management Amendment Draft Bill, 2020 (“The PAMA Bill”).

The Helen Suzman Foundation ("HSF") has approached the constitutional court for leave to appeal against an order of the Supreme Court of Appeal (“SCA”) upholding an order made on 12 February 2019 by the Pretoria high court. The high court order sanctioned an agreement (“the agreement”) between the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (“IPID”), Mr Robert Mcbride as then executive director of IPID, the Minister of Police (“The Minister”) and the portfolio committee on police on a mechanism for the renewal of the head of IPID’s term of office.