Voting for democratic renewal
To save the ANC from itself, bring about internal organisational democratic renewal and catapult fresh, more wise leadership, it is better for loyal members,…
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:
One Candidate, Many Wards
All across South Africa there are individuals who have chosen to attempt to win the privilege of serving all of us at a local…
VOTING DAY WILL BE THE REAL RECKONING
On the eve of the most heavily contested local government election, the ANC is a predictable mass of contradictions. But who is honestly surprised…
Elections probably won’t be fair, but they will be vibrant
Just as the ANC was prepared to spend millions of taxpayers’ rands to destroy the credibility of the Public Protector in defence of its…
How Africa is robbed
Fraudulently under-reporting the price, quantity of a product or service and the value of a commercial transaction in invoices are resulting in African and…
Mpumalanga: Where blue-light convoys whoosh past the downtrodden
“I left my heart in South Africa”, the bumper sticker says in one of the ubiquitous curio shops somewhere between White River and Graskop,…
A Schizophrenic political system
The major challenge facing local government in South Africa has been and still remains service delivery. These challenges are both historical and contemporary and…
What it means to be coloured during election time
“I don’t like to talk about politics. Nothing I do will change this country anyway”. My mother doesn’t vote. She is of the view…
Policy Brief 6: Is South Africa reverting to a repressive state?
Since the Marikana massacre in 2012, several journalists, academics and media commentators have argued that South Africa is reverting to a repressive state (McMichael…
Policy Brief 5: Democratising the African Union
Introduction The African Union (AU), the homegrown continental body, is spectacularly ill suited in its current form, to secure quality democracy, inclusive development and…