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Articles, Deepening Democratic Culture, Social Cohesion August 16, 2020

Partner Highlight: Action Support Centre strengthens resilience of migrant women

Theirs was a journey of hope as they travelled from the Great Lakes region (DRC, Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda) seeking a better future in…

Articles, Blogs, Civil Society Participation in Provincial Legislatures Programme, Publications, Social Cohesion August 13, 2020

Northern Cape Provincial Legislature takes extraordinary steps to strengthen public participation

Introduction The need for oversight and accountability over service delivery failures in our communities has only been increased as a result of the Covid-19…

Civil Society Participation in Provincial Legislatures Programme, Media, Releases, Social Cohesion, Strengthening Institutions, Uncategorized July 31, 2020

Press Release: Civil Society Organisations Participate in the Women’s Sectoral Parliament in the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature

Democracy Works Foundation (DWF) and civil society organisations (CSOs) working in low-income communities today meet with members of the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature (NCPL)…

Articles, Civil Society Participation in Provincial Legislatures Programme, CS sustainability, DWF COVID-19 PUBLICATIONS, Publications, Social Cohesion, Strengthening Institutions, Themes July 21, 2020

Democracy Works Foundation assists Civil Society to get Provincial Legislature support during COVID-19

COVID-19 has touched almost every aspect of the social, economic, private and political lives of all South Africans. One such impact, which has wide-spread…

Articles, DWF COVID-19 PUBLICATIONS, Publications July 14, 2020

If SA’s economy is to survive Covid, this is the example we Musk follow

Elon Musk’s founding of Tesla and SpaceX is an example of the kind of entrepreneurial mindset, culture and doggedness South Africa should make a…

Articles, Gender, Publications, Social Cohesion, Themes July 14, 2020

It’s time we all called out the perpetrators of gender-based violence

As women, we live with the reality that we are more likely to experience GBV by someone we know than some random stranger. It…

Articles, Publications June 30, 2020

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…

Articles, DWF COVID-19 PUBLICATIONS, Publications, Social Cohesion June 26, 2020

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…

Reflecting on lessons and strategies for civil society capacity building when engaging with Provincial government structures

Democracy Works Foundation’s Regional Conference 29 – 30 April 2021

Public participation toolkit: building effective civil society engagement with public officials

Conversation with Democracy Podcast Episode 1: Governance, Democracy & Human Rights in a time of Covid-19

Democracy Works Academy 2021 Cohort Applications: Apply Here

Democracy Works Academy: Applications for the 2021 Cohort Opens on 15 February 2021

Building stronger bridges between provincial legislatures and CSOs: Reflections from a baseline study

Electoral Reform Multi-Stakeholder Meeting held in Manzini – Eswatini

Democracy Works Foundation’s response to the Coronavirus