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…
Themes
Democracy Works Foundation develops and implements work that fits within our 4 core programs, following well defined strategies and methodologies.
In addition to this we have identified cross-cutting thematic focus areas which we prioritise. Each project developed and implemented for each program must focus on at least one of our thematic focus areas or Themes.
Our Themes for 2015 are:
- Gender and women empowerment
- Youth development
- Civil Society (financial) sustainability
- Technology for development
- a New Politic
- Social Compacts
This page captures content and work relevant to the Themes.
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…
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…
TNI, New Politics partner
Democracy Works Foundation has built a new institutional partnership with the Transnational Institute (TNI), based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands to collaborate on designing a ‘New…
The murky transition terrain in Zimbabwe
After the resounding win (warts and all) by the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (Zanu-PF) in the elections of July 2013, doom and gloom…
South Africa’s democracy at work
Tuesday 9 February was a good day for democracy in South Africa. People vs power came to the fore through submissions in the Constitutional…
CAR elections
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…
South Africa’s Pistorius Problem
In October, a scandal broke at one of South Africa’s most prestigious private boarding schools. A group of boys from Hilton College in the…