Race: The DA’s elephant in the policy room
Can the Democratic Alliance chart a way forward for liberalism and rid itself of a pernicious form of whiteness, asks Christi van der Westhuizen….
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Reflecting on lessons and strategies for civil society capacity building when engaging with Provincial government structures
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Democracy Works Foundation’s Regional Conference 29 – 30 April 2021
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Public participation toolkit: building effective civil society engagement with public officials
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Conversation with Democracy Podcast Episode 1: Governance, Democracy & Human Rights in a time of Covid-19
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Democracy Works Academy 2021 Cohort Applications: Apply Here
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Democracy Works Academy: Applications for the 2021 Cohort Opens on 15 February 2021
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Building stronger bridges between provincial legislatures and CSOs: Reflections from a baseline study
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Electoral Reform Multi-Stakeholder Meeting held in Manzini – Eswatini
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Democracy Works Foundation’s response to the Coronavirus
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Blame government, not constitution
Worryingly South Africa’s model democratic constitution is increasingly wrongly made the scapegoat for government failures to create jobs, slash poverty and provide quality public…
The problem with whiteness
White people still accrue benefits from their whiteness, even if they claim victimhood. A few years ago at a discussion on race and redress,…
Sweet dreams: The speech I wish Zuma had given
I dreamed that President Zuma delivered this SONA speech last week. In it, he pledged to end the violent service delivery protests and fix…
Social media’s role in Turkey’s dissent
After weeks of civil unrest in June, there remains no clarity as to the long-term social and political impact of the Turkish protests which…
Power and Inequality in Africa
Since independence from colonialism and white-minority regimes, individual African countries have, in the context of the global order, suffered from inequality in power –…
Delivering a democratic developmental state in South Africa
The Asian financial crisis, which followed the wave of democratisation after the end of the Cold War, sparked an intense debate over the concept…
Pulpits used to fight ANC factional battles
As the country appears to plod along aimlessly with moral decay, rampant corruption and public service delivery failures, the church must be a voice…