Providing tools to build resilient democracies.
Democracy Works Foundation seeks to strengthen democratic developmental states we focus on the following institutions:
The Civil Society Participation in Provincial Legislatures (CSPPL) Programme →
The Southern African Political Parties and Dialogue (SAPP&D) Programme →
Democracy Works Foundation in partnership with the Westminster Foundation for Democracy are the implementing partners in a three-year programme called, Civil Society Participation in…
Southern Africa is a region with great potential. However, the region faces a number of critical challenges, among them water and energy challenges that…
Democracy Works Foundation (DWF) is proud to announce its partnership with the Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) on a new provincial programme funded by…
Lack of accountability has been one of the single biggest reasons for Africa’s continued underdevelopment, failed states and civil wars. In Africa, the protection…
The Democracy Works Occasional Paper ‘The Democracy We Want’ presents the institution’s views on what a more equitable, inclusive, sustainable and healthy democracy in…
There are several threats already hanging over the ANC’s elective conference in December. How could this influence its outcomes? There’s a really good chance…
The authoritative Financial Times dedicated its editorial to South Africa on Tuesday. Under the damning headline, “South Africa’s descent into despotism must stop”, it was a…
Unheralded local civic, community and civil society activists, leaders and peace-builders, working at the coalface with local communities where broken families, decay and failing…
As we inch closer to the end of the year, the ANC elective conference is preoccupying the mind of any conscientious observer of South…
Civil society needs organisational agility, imaginative leadership and synergic partnerships in tough times. With South Africa assigned to junk status by two global credit…