CHANGES AT THE FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION
At its meeting of 1 February 2016, the Board of Trustees of the FW de Klerk Foundation decided to appoint the present Chairman, Dr Theuns Eloff, as Executive Director of the Foundation with effect from 1 July 2016. At the same meeting it elected the present Executive Director, Dave Steward, as the new Chairman of the Board of Trustees, with effect from the same date - after he had announced his intention of stepping down as Executive Director after 17 years in the post.
Mr Steward will continue to play a supportive role in the Foundation’s activities - particularly in the work of its recently established Centre for Unity in Diversity.
Former President FW de Klerk will continue to play an active role as Chairman Emeritus of the Foundation.
Dr Theuns Eloff
Dr Eloff was born in Potchefstroom in 1955 and obtained a Master’s Degree in Theology at Potchefstroom University for CHE. He served for six years as a minister of the Gereformeerde Church in Brooklyn, Pretoria and during this period obtained his Doctorate in Theology.