
Egypt, Africa’s second largest economy
Egypt recovering from the political turmoil, economic freefall and social instability of the 2011 Arab youth uprisings, has according to the International Monetary Fund…
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:
This page captures content and work relevant to the Themes.
Egypt recovering from the political turmoil, economic freefall and social instability of the 2011 Arab youth uprisings, has according to the International Monetary Fund…
In a post-apartheid context, is a democratic Afrikaner identity possible? Are there other traditions apart from apartheid that can be drawn on in Afrikaner…
On a cold and wet morning, a large group of protesters – many of them bare- breasted – gathered to protest on the Rhodes…
To make economic growth more inclusive, African governments must strengthen economic democracy within their countries. The power of economic democracy to unleash shared economic…
BBC’s Focus on Africa speaks to William Gumede, Chairperson of Democracy Works Foundation. Topic of this podcast looks at South Africa and the…
The Constitutional Court judgement on 31 March 2016 which ruled that President Zuma violated the Constitution by not paying the money for upgrades to…
On 31 March, 2016, Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng conveyed the unanimous decision of the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) in the matter of “Economic Freedom Fighters…
South Africans continue to look for saviours and get excited when people we consider to be fearless speak truth to power. Right now, given…
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…
It is clear now that the decision to focus on peace as the founding principle of our new democracy was taken at the expense…