Freedom of expression and Covid-19 in Africa
Under the guise of tackling Covid-19, many African governments are stifling freedom of expression, restricting access to information and undermining the basic human rights…
Conducting oversight and promoting public participation during the COVID-19 Pandemic
The declaration of a state of national disaster over the COVID-19 pandemic by President Cyril Ramaphosa on 15 March 2020 brings new laws into…
There is a dire need to boost SA’s stimulus package
To prevent Covid-19 from destroying their economies many dynamic countries have introduced large emergency economic stimulus packages that comprise significant proportions of their countries’…
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: DEMOCRACY WORKS FOUNDATION REGIONAL OFFICES TEMPORARILY CLOSE
As COVID-19 continues to become more widespread, Democracy Works Foundation has taken the decision to close our regional offices in Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Zambia…
Zambian Political Parties Undergo Strategic Planning Training
Democracy Works Foundation (DWF) Zambia hosted four political parties in a two-day workshop to enhance their skills and knowledge on facilitating a strategic planning…
Power of Provincial Parliaments
Provincial Parliaments are critically important to South Africa’s democracy. As vehicles for public participation, they provide opportunities for oversight, accountability, and transparency on issues that affect our lives. During the month of…
More Can Be Done To Help The Most Vulnerable
Temporarily providing direct income, food and medical hygiene support during Covid-19 countrywide lockdown for the income-less mass poor, unemployed and those homeless or living…
Luckily for SA, we can heed what other nations have done to halt the virus
As SA hunkers down into a 21-day national lockdown, the country will do well to heed what other countries have done to fight the…
We Have To Tackle The Coronavirus As One Nation, Together
Tackling the devastating Covid-19 outbreak, which snowballs health, economic and social crises into one, means SA will have to, in one go, overcome all…
Stand for your values; even if you stand alone
Now that I am a grown-up, there are so many things I wished I had known when I was a teenager in Grade 7…