Media Statements

Media Statements and Press Releases submitted by the Helen Suzman Foundation.
Press Release: Electoral Reform
Feb 22, 2022
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Helen Suzman Foundation

In a submission to the Home Affairs Portfolio Committee, the Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF) has detailed its concerns with the Electoral Amendment Bill drafted to allow for the election of independent candidates.

The HSF Discusses the Role of the Judiciary and the Office of the Chief Justice
Feb 15, 2022
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Helen Suzman Foundation

SANEF in partnership with the Institute for the Advancement of Journalism is hosting a series of webinars to accompany the relaunch of the Reporting the Courts manual. Tomorrow at 10:00, the Helen Suzman Foundation's Chelsea Ramsden will appear alongside Lawson Naidoo of CASAC and Zikhona Ndlebe of Judges Matter for a live discussion on the role of the judiciary and the office of the Chief Justice.

Press Release: Civil Society Responds To Minister Lindiwe Sisulu’s Statements On The Justice System
Jan 13, 2022
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Helen Suzman Foundation

On 7 January 2022, Minister of Tourism Lindiwe Sisulu published an article in which she launched an extraordinary attack on South Africa’s justice system, its Constitution, and the judiciary. Although authored in her personal capacity, Ms Sisulu’s public utterances, made as a member of the Executive and as a high-ranking member of the African National Congress, must be repudiated in the strongest terms.