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…
Publications
Democracy Works Foundation intends to contribute to fostering democratic culture and practice by providing thinking on the work we do, research and analysis, practical toolkits and policy recommendations.
This page captures our different publication formats. You will find articles about our work, studies and papers, policy briefs and toolkits.
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…
Civil Society Participation in Provincial Legislatures’ visit to Limpopo
Limpopo visit: meeting with Civil Society Organisations and the Limpopo Legislature The Civil Society in Provincial Legislatures’ (CSPPL) Team visited the Limpopo Province…
‘ADVANCING ECONOMIC GROWTH IN SOUTH AFRICA’ DIALOGUE WITH THE KGALEMA MOTLANTHE FOUNDATION AND THE ELDERS
As an organization committed to building a sustainable and inclusive economy through creating platforms for debate and conversation, Democracy Works Foundation welcomed an opportunity…
MALAWI YOUTH MANIFESTO – 2019
With over 60 percent of Malawi’s population being young people, it is evident that that almost all social and economic ills facing Malawi today…
MALAWI WOMEN’S MANIFESTO – 2019
The Malawi Women’s Manifesto is a political tool for advocacy developed by the Women’s Manifesto Movement (WOMAN). The movement is composed of diverse organisations…
Introducing the Civil Society Participation in Provincial Legislature Programme
Democracy Works Foundation in partnership with the Westminster Foundation for Democracy are the implementing partners in a three-year programme called, Civil Society Participation in…
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…
Leaders need to study what has worked in Africa
In this article I will borrow from Professor David Moore’s characterisation of the Zimbabwe Crisis to be one of “primitive accumulation, nation-state formation, and democratisation”, simply…
Democracy Works partners with The Accountability Lab
Democracy Works is proud to announce its partnership with The Accountability Lab for Integrity Idol South South Africa. The Accountability Lab is building a new…