Providing tools to build resilient democracies.
Democracy Works Foundation intends to contribute to fostering democratic culture by providing critical thinking and policy solutions.
We will do so by using our different media and different publication formats, in addition to partnerships with established media corporations.
This page captures our different publication formats. You will find articles (opinion pieces and contemplations), blogs (more personal accounts of events and work), papers (longer and more professional and academic analysis), policy briefs (short analysis and policy recommendations) and books published by our people.
Look in the sidebar on the drop-down menu for the different format categories.
DISCLAIMER:
Democracy Works Foundation does not necessarily always agree with everything our contributors publicise, film or photograph on our platforms. We have a stringent but tolerant editorial policy and strive to always be constructive in our approach while not remaining silent on difficult issues.
But we equally strive to offer online platforms to our Democracy Works people so they can air their opinions and ideas without censorship. Therefore we will not always agree with contributors.
Introduction Given the spectacular failure of some coalitions at the local government level, particularly in Johannesburg, Tshwane and Nelson Mandela Bay, there is understandably…
Democracy Works Foundation and consortium partner ECDPM look at how civil society organisations can engage with the Southern African Development Community (SADC) when it…
Introduction As COVID-19 induced economic crises continue to deepen, climate change continues to unleash hunger and living costs soar because of spiralling inflation because…
Although many coalition governments at the local level have failed, coalition governance, as a form of government, has now become part of the political…
The role of opposition parties is critical in determining the level of accountability by governing parties and governments, the effectiveness of public service delivery…
South Africa’s overarching societal good moral values, whether set by democracy, culture, or religion, which govern individuals’ behaviour, intimate spaces, day-to-day interaction with others,…
Ordinary citizens, consumers, and civil society must play more active roles as shareholders of state-owned enterprises than is currently the case, as activist shareholders…
Introduction Digital technology, particularly Artificial Intelligence (AI), which has now become an integral part of our lives, can reinforce racism, undermine human rights, and…
Introduction The persistent attacks on the Constitution by populists, the incompetent and the corrupt have undermined the public legitimacy of the supreme law, unleashing…
Introduction We require societies and democracies that are more sustainable, inclusive, and prosperous. Yet, we seem to be going backwards, both by objective performance…