Empowering citizens with tools to make democracy work
Democracy Works Foundation has a broad interpretation of what important institutions are for healthy democracy.
In order to strengthen democratic developmental states we focus on the following institutions:
Twenty years after the adoption of the first liberal democratic constitution, democracy in South Africa is coming under increasing pressure. Corruption and patronage are…
Introduction Given the appalling public service delivery failures, ballooning corruption and policy incoherence, South Africa’s civil society will have to play a bigger role…
The President has been put on notice. South Africans are not ready or willing to give up on this democracy yet. They are in…
As part of the EU Inspiring Thinkers Debate Series the Nelson Mandela Foundation (NMF) and the Delegation of the European Union to South Africa…
What is the extent of corruption in Africa? The recent Global Corruption Barometer shows that 12 of the 13 countries with the worst record…
The state capture report was finally released with the former Public Protector, Thuli Madonsela recommending that President Jacob Zuma appoint a judicial commission of…
The Zimbabwe government’s imminent plans to introduce bond notes by the end of this month seems to be hitting a snag. The bond notes, a form…
Even those who might normally want to criticise Gordhan for being conservative regarding expenditure or even “neoliberal” were hoping he would be able to…
The challenge for South Africa is how to overcome the legacy of deep-seated individual, institutional and everyday racism that persists long after official apartheid…
For some time now people who write about South Africa have been suggesting that the country is in the process of changing. It is…