South Africa Zuma Impeachment Analysis
BBC’s Focus on Africa speaks to William Gumede, Chairperson of Democracy Works Foundation. Topic of this podcast looks at South Africa and the…
Strengthening Institutions
Democracy Works Foundation seeks to strengthen democratic developmental states we focus on the following institutions:
- The Executive: enhancing capacity for effective democratic governance
- The Legislature: strengthening oversight capacity
- Civil Society: building capacity for service delivery support, oversight and its watch-dog function
- Political Parties: enhancing internal party democracy and democratic leadership for a New Politic
- Extra-parliamentary Institutions – also known as Chapter 9 institutions in South Africa: assisting their capacity to fulfill their respective mandates.
The Civil Society Participation in Provincial Legislatures (CSPPL) Programme →
The Southern African Political Parties and Dialogue (SAPP&D) Programme →
A seminal judgement for our constitutional democracy
The Constitutional Court judgement on 31 March 2016 which ruled that President Zuma violated the Constitution by not paying the money for upgrades to…
India’s economic miracle
As the Chinese economy wobbles, a growing India has the potential to offer increasing investment opportunities for Africa. While growth in some of its…
What a Moody’s downgrade would mean for SA
It would make investors less willing to consider South Africa. This will put pressure on the rand, make it difficult to finance infrastructure. Credit…
We don’t need another hero
South Africans continue to look for saviours and get excited when people we consider to be fearless speak truth to power. Right now, given…
Can one-party states be successful?
Most African countries since independence from colonialism have been governed by dominant one-party regimes. Many of these governments were independence or liberation movements who…
ANC must drop outdated approach to market
There appears to be a deep misunderstanding among many ANC leaders, officials and members about how the market works – which in turn has…
The strongest victims in the world
It is clear now that the decision to focus on peace as the founding principle of our new democracy was taken at the expense…
African youth participation in democracy and fundamentalism
BBC World Service Weekend, on 2 January 2016, speaks with William Gumede, Chairperson of Democracy Works Foundation, and Karin von Hippel, Director-General of the…
Africa should stand up for Burundi
President Jacob Zuma’s wealth of experience in uncomfortable situations and strong-man crisis confrontation gives him appropriate experience for his new role: In a nod…