Media Statements

The Helen Suzman Foundation has written to the Speaker of the National Assembly, Ms Thandi Modise.

An open letter to the newly elected Members of Parliament was handed in to Parliament today, signed by 28 civil society organisations, including the Helen Suzman Foundation.

The struggle against State Capture and corruption in South Africa is a struggle for human rights. This is why the current revelations at the Commission of Inquiry into State Capture (the Zondo Commission) are important – they lay bare the various networks of looters in the public and private sector who have criminally enriched themselves at the expense of the many.

The Helen Suzman Foundation (“HSF”) has filed an application with the Constitutional Court to appeal an order of the Pretoria High Court which on 12 February 2019 sanctioned an agreement (“the Agreement”) between the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (“IPID”), Mr Robert McBride as the Executive Director of IPID, the Minister of Police (“the Minister”) and the National Assembly’s Portfolio Committee on Police.

The Helen Suzman Foundation (“the HSF”) has a long-standing involvement in and commitment to ensuring the institutional independence of state entities, especially those tasked with the fight against corruption.

The disarray of South Africa’s criminal justice system is to a large degree the result of a conscious policy over the past decade, of attempts to fashion the leadership of various institutions to suit certain political or personal agendas.

The Helen Suzman Foundation is pleased to announce that it was nominated and subsequently awarded The Bunnahabhain Humanitarian Award in honour of Chief Rabbi Harris by the South African Jewish Report and ABSA.

The Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF) notes the judgment and order of the Constitutional Court in the case brought by Corruption Watch, Freedom Under Law and Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution.

On 10 May 2017, the Helen Suzman Foundation (“HSF”) filed a direct application at the Constitutional Court for a review of former President Jacob Zuma’s decision to reshuffle his Cabinet on 31 March 2017.

The Helen Suzman Foundation is delighted to announce that former Public Protector, Advocate Thuli Madonsela, will deliver the 2018 Helen Suzman Memorial Lecture.

In a judgment today (24 April 2018), the Constitutional Court ruled in favour of the Helen Suzman Foundation in the Foundation’s case against the Judicial Service Commission (JSC).