Populism not the answer
Despite the new focus on Africa’s angry youth, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in South Africa, and the Namibian Economic Freedom Fighters (NEFF) are…
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY |the two significant events that led to the Day of Reconciliation in South Africa
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The role of civic tech in consolidating democracy in Africa
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A STRATEGIC REFLECTION ON THE STATE OF POLITICAL PARTIES IN SOUTHERN AFRICA
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No meaningful political progress without the inclusion of women
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Policy Brief 40: Democratic Leadership in Societies Suffering from Trauma
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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 Foundation 2014 season greeting
December 2014 State of Democracy Debate
Policy Brief 1: an Economic Indaba for South Africa
South Africa’s perfect storm of structural crises South Africa is experiencing a perfect storm of a number of simultaneously deep-rooted structural crises: political, economic…
Can Libya’s House of Representatives restore order? – A true national dialogue is underway in Tripoli’s legislature
On 25 June 2014, Libyans voted in their second democratic election. In an effort to curtail the violent impact of factionalism on the polls,…
On youth participation in politics with William Gumede
On Monday 15 September 2014, the world celebrated the 7th International Day of Democracy. In 2007, the United Nations General Assembly resolved to observe…
Marikana Solidarity visit
Working Democracy – Perspectives on South Africa’s Parliament at 20 Years
Download the book Working Democracy, Perspectives on South Africa’s Parliament at 20 Years by Christi van der Westhuizen as PDF here: CvdW – working-democracy-book
Mulder and Mantashe: ‘Whites’ vs ‘Africans’
Christi van der Westhuizen examines the operations of ‘whiteness’ and claims of ‘Africanness’ in recent comments by Freedom Front Plus leader Pieter Mulder and ANC…
Why do South Africans vote the way they do? [Part 2]
The panelists continue in answering Democracy Works Chairperson William Gumede’s question of why South Africans vote in particular and perhaps predictable ways in 2014.