Paper 3: The Democracy We Want
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…
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.
1 June 2016 Political Cafe
On 1 June Democracy Works Foundation holds its first Political Cafe in Braamfontein, Johannesburg. The Cafes are set to become a monthly event in…
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…
How Afrikaner identity can be re-imagined in a post-apartheid world
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…
Topless protesters fighting shame on their own terms
On a cold and wet morning, a large group of protesters – many of them bare- breasted – gathered to protest on the Rhodes…
Takes many leaves for a tree to flourish
To make economic growth more inclusive, African governments must strengthen economic democracy within their countries. The power of economic democracy to unleash shared economic…
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…
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…
THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT ON THE “NKANDLA MATTER”, by Thabo Mbeki
On 31 March, 2016, Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng conveyed the unanimous decision of the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) in the matter of “Economic Freedom Fighters…
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…