
How can young people shape SA’s democratic future?
Much hopes and expectations have been placed on South Africa’s youth growing up in our still young democracy. The daily struggle for access to…
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.
Much hopes and expectations have been placed on South Africa’s youth growing up in our still young democracy. The daily struggle for access to…
The deafening silence of political, traditional and cultural leaders, who have in the past positioned themselves as the guardians of African culture, on the…
Many local civil society organisations are in deep crisis, with many unable to raise funds, others struggling to adjust to a rapidly changing society and…
Unless the development of human capital as widely as possible is at the centre of all South Africa’s development strategies, efforts to raise economic…
Outgoing Johannesburg Stock Exchange chief executive Russell Loubser’s recent slapping of a female Mail & Guardian reporter’s behind at a press conference serves as a…
Can we see improvement of democracy building in Africa? The question is often asked whether, broadly, we can start to see an overall positive…
A few weeks ago, as I was leaving my office, I stopped at a traffic light and watched a young woman cross the street…
South Africa’s perfect storm of structural crises South Africa is experiencing a perfect storm of a number of simultaneously deep-rooted structural crises: political, economic…
On Monday 15 September 2014, the world celebrated the 7th International Day of Democracy. In 2007, the United Nations General Assembly resolved to observe…