Will the real superpower please stand up?
Post-Apartheid South Africa has elected to do the diplomatic soft-shoe shuffle in matters of human rights, good governance and democracy on the continent. On…
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Democracy Works Foundation offers 4 core programs. We speak of the pillars that our Foundation is built on.
Our 4 programs are:
Deepening Democratic Culture
Citizens & Leaders
Monitoring
Strengthening Institutions
Our work relevant to each particular program is captured on this page and can be found, per program, in the sidebar on the right or via the top drop-down menu.
New Parliament: what it will look like
Despite 400 complaints from opposition parties about alleged irregularities, international observer missions have hailed the Independent Electoral Commission for a “credible, fair, free and…
Race: The DA’s elephant in the policy room
Can the Democratic Alliance chart a way forward for liberalism and rid itself of a pernicious form of whiteness, asks Christi van der Westhuizen….
Blame government, not constitution
Worryingly South Africa’s model democratic constitution is increasingly wrongly made the scapegoat for government failures to create jobs, slash poverty and provide quality public…
The problem with whiteness
White people still accrue benefits from their whiteness, even if they claim victimhood. A few years ago at a discussion on race and redress,…
Sweet dreams: The speech I wish Zuma had given
I dreamed that President Zuma delivered this SONA speech last week. In it, he pledged to end the violent service delivery protests and fix…
Social media’s role in Turkey’s dissent
After weeks of civil unrest in June, there remains no clarity as to the long-term social and political impact of the Turkish protests which…
Paper 2: Power and Inequality in Africa
Since independence from colonialism and white-minority regimes, individual African countries have, in the context of the global order, suffered from inequality in power –…
Paper 1: Delivering a democratic developmental state in South Africa
The Asian financial crisis, which followed the wave of democratisation after the end of the Cold War, sparked an intense debate over the concept…
Pulpits used to fight ANC factional battles
As the country appears to plod along aimlessly with moral decay, rampant corruption and public service delivery failures, the church must be a voice…