South Africa in desperate need of electoral overhaul
The Constitutional Court’s decision to declare unconstitutional aspects of the Electoral Act – which disallow individuals to stand as independent candidates for elections in…
Lockdown’s limitation of rights mustn’t become new norm, warn academics
Academics have warned suspended rights during the lockdown period should not become a new norm while the government does not have a post-Covid-19 plan…
DWF BUILDS CAPACITY OF POLITICAL PARTIES TO MONITOR ELECTIONS
When the High Court of Malawi, sitting as a Constitutional Court, annulled the 2019 presidential elections results and ordered a fresh election, the court…
Youth Day 2020
Today is a very important day in South Africa, it is one that reminds us of how far the country has come and how…
Only a vibrant civil society will protect democracy during Covid-19
A spirited civil society is crucial to the sustainability of democracy. With the world facing its biggest health crisis since the Spanish Flu of…
The voices missing from South Africa’s response to COVID-19
Ten days after South Africa reported its first case of COVID-19 on 5 March 2020, the government moved quickly to declare a national state of…
DWF ZAMBIA SIGNS MOUs WITH FOUR POLITICAL PARTIES PF, FDD, UPND AND MMD
Southern African Democracy Works Foundation (DWF) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with four Zambian political parties to formalise their commitment to working…