Towards Inclusion: Drakensberg Inclusive Growth Forum
The inaugural Drakensberg Inclusive Growth Forum hosted by the Kgalema Motlanthe Foundation brought together individuals from the government and public sector, civil society, trade…
South Africa
Launch of DWF’s Civil Society Participation in Provincial Legislatures Programme
Democracy Works Foundation (DWF) is proud to announce its partnership with the Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) on a new provincial programme funded by…
Meet South Africa’s first Integrity Idols
After a successful campaign launch by the Accountability Lab and partners, including the Nelson Mandela Foundation, LifeCo UnLtd and Democracy Works Foundation, Integrity Idol…
Policy Brief 27: Delivering a democratic developmental state for South Africa
How can a developmental state be cobbled together in the specific political, social and economic environment of a South Africa that at the same time…
Democracy is not a spectator sport
The past decade should remind South Africans that democracy does not always work the way that it should. Democracy remains elusive, it doesn’t simply…
Winnie had to ‘fall’ for South Africa to rise
During the 1980s Winnie Mandela was the public symbol, face, and embodiment of the radical domestic turn of the struggle against apartheid, when the…
Racism continues to inflict pain on black people
While there is often national outrage when an incident of blatant racism takes place, everyday or commonplace racism against black people, which is often…
Southern African politics roiled by distortions, junk bonds and road rage
I was in Zimbabwe when news came through of a clash of motorcades in neighbouring Zambia. One motorcade was carrying the president, Edgar Lungu,…
Press Statement: All South Africans must act now to make Democracy Work
All South Africans must act now to make Democracy Work and help build a Coalition for Constitutional Democracy Thursday night’s firing of Finance…
Discussion- Constitution & rule of law as guardians of South Africa’s constitution
Twenty years after the adoption of the first liberal democratic constitution, democracy in South Africa is coming under increasing pressure. Corruption and patronage are…