Modern democracy’s Achilles Heel
The re-insurrection of ultra-nationalism in the form of mobocracy, the rule of the masses, and votocracy, where social media is omnipotent, presents a triple…
Monitoring
This program is Democracy Works Foundation’s analytical back-bone. It is our think-tank. The program allows us to track and monitor challenges to democracy.
We believe it is important for an organisation engaged in development work to have a strong internal data-collection, research and analytical capacity. Why? To ensure that our development projects are based on real demand, on real concerns and needs from real people, and that our projects are based on evidence and on thorough analysis.
Our projects in our Monitoring program:
Policy Brief 10: Forging a new South African civil society-government partnership model
Introduction Given the appalling public service delivery failures, ballooning corruption and policy incoherence, South Africa’s civil society will have to play a bigger role…
Policy Brief 9: New Technologies boost Democracy & Development in Africa
Introduction New technology has the power to boost both sustainable development and democracy in Africa. The rise of the mobile phone, and the use…
Cleaning up corruption in Africa
What is the extent of corruption in Africa? The recent Global Corruption Barometer shows that 12 of the 13 countries with the worst record…
An Ethiopian salute and the protests shaking a nation
The athlete looked up at the sky when he crossed the finish line, and made an X shape above his head with his wrists….
A nation-building project in traumatic crisis
South Africans, by birth and others who have joined us by choice or temporarily, have been engaged in a nation-building project for two decades….
Desperation and rage in equal measure
This week saw the end of the inaugural Design Biennale in London celebrating the 500th anniversary of the publication of Thomas More’s Utopia. Why…
Discussion-The implications of the election results on civil society
South Africa’s constitutional democracy is premised on an active and informed citizenry participating in elections. The right to vote is hard-won and the most…
LEADING IN THE ABSENCE OF LEGITIMACY
The state is so compromised that it might be unable to lead problem-solving at SA universities. Last week advocate Nomgccoba Jiba, deputy national director…
Policy Brief 8: Censorship of the Internet, social media rising in Africa
African governments are increasingly clamping down on internet, social media and messaging applications in attempts to silence democratic opposition, civil society and activists’ mobilisation…