The End of the Rainbow Nation Myth
If you ask South Africans of my generation to name the most important political event of their lives, many will cite the assassination of…
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If you ask South Africans of my generation to name the most important political event of their lives, many will cite the assassination of…
Nigeria’s elections in 2015 were the fifth round since the transition from military to civilian rule in 1999. Out of the almost 180 million…
On 20 February 2015 Democracy Works’ William Gumede presented his analysis of the State of the Nation for a mixed audience of academics, professionals…
Can we see improvement of democracy building in Africa? The question is often asked whether, broadly, we can start to see an overall positive…
Failures by mainstream churches to find answers to the causes of African angst have pushed people into the hands of avaricious charismatic churches. Charismatic…
A few weeks ago, as I was leaving my office, I stopped at a traffic light and watched a young woman cross the street…
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…
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…
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 Monday 15 September 2014, the world celebrated the 7th International Day of Democracy. In 2007, the United Nations General Assembly resolved to observe…