Providing tools to build resilient democracies.
The act of giving through providing financial assistance and different types of support to people and communities in need can often transform the lives…
Open engagement and dialogue are integral to consensus building and having a diversity of opinions in order to foster democratic values. This policy brief…
It turns out there are clouds on the horizon in the ‘new dawn’ announced by President Ramaphosa in his State of the Nation Address….
Jacob Zuma, South Africa’s unpopular president, has finally been removed. Yet the terms of his departure were deeply problematic. In what was a painfully tortuous process,…
Once Jacob Zuma finally steps down, Cyril Ramaphosa will inherit a deeply divided African National Congress (ANC) which many supporters have abandoned, a public…
There is an assumption that when we use the word ‘democracy’, we all have a common understanding of what the word means and how…
There are formidable risks preventing ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa and his allies from outrightly firing South African President Jacob Zuma. It is forcing him…
In every single African country, young people make up the majority of the population – and they are generally very ill-served by their ageing…
Given the widespread failure of dominant party governments in Africa since the end of colonialism, coalitions, even in cases where parties win outright majorities,…
Changing long-held beliefs, perceptions and values are not easy. Such change can either take place at the individual, community or societal level. At the…