The monkey business of H&M and the hokey-pokey of the EFF
Given centuries of offensive racist tropes associating black people with monkeys ought to have informed the entire chain of product developers, copywriters, marketers and…
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DWF launches Cool Politics Cafe. Join us on 24 May in Johannesburg!
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Decision to vote or not is a right that must be respected by all
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The importance of investing in young democrats; Academy applications open
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Policy Brief 33: Impact of corruption on democracy and development
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Inclusive Policy Development and Dialogue Programme
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The cost of dysfunctional State Owned Enterprises
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2019 Democracy Works Academy in motion
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DWF to launch Democracy Works Academy
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IBSA could function as a democratic organisation within BRICS itself
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Introducing the Civil Society Participation in Provincial Legislature Programme
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Moving beyond H&M to really tackle racism
The controversy hit when clothing store H&M ran advertisements featuring a black boy wearing a hoodie with the words ‘Coolest monkey in the jungle’….
Racism continues to inflict pain on black people
While there is often national outrage when an incident of blatant racism takes place, everyday or commonplace racism against black people, which is often…
Trump rage ignores the truth
There can be no better illustration of the folly of victimhood and outrage than the furore surrounding US President Donald Trump’s comments about poor countries with…
What is next for South Africa’s ANC?
This video features an interview with Democracy Works Executive Chairperson, William Gumede, Mac Maharaj – the former presidential spokesman for Jacob Zuma and Nomboniso Gasa –…
Africa’s Generational War
In Kenya, President Uhuru Kenyatta finally secured a second term on Nov. 28 after two flawed elections, outbreaks of violence, and a series of…
Democracy Works partners with The Accountability Lab
Democracy Works is proud to announce its partnership with The Accountability Lab for Integrity Idol South South Africa. The Accountability Lab is building a new…
Afrikaner identity in post-apartheid South Africa
Why is it that when the West was turning away from direct colonialism in the mid-20th century, South Africa shifted to apartheid, an intensified…
On freedom, fact and falsehood
‘Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come’ Whispering ‘it will be happier…’ Tennyson One cannot help but be drawn by these…
The ANC is trying to out-populist the EFF
After its watershed 54th national conference weighed down by corruption, scandals and government failure, the ANC, for all practical purposes, faces the post-conference future almost…