Providing tools to build resilient democracies.
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.
Introduction In South Africa, discussions of social cohesion and social impact tend to happen in silos. Civil society organisations and some government departments (Arts,…
The Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPPP) process is an ambitious government plan to introduce renewable energy into the national energy mix…
Watch DWF team member, Elaine Pypers, as she talks on gender-based violence with eNCA’s Tumelo Mothotoane https://youtu.be/0yjiBF9iUhU
Providing Civil Society Organisations with the tools needed to drive community driven accountability is connected directly to promoting social cohesion and a community’s ability…
Please join us for a Cool Politics Cafe (dialogue discussion) on Reflections on a Post-CODESA South Africa: a look at the current socio-economic…
Theirs was a journey of hope as they travelled from the Great Lakes region (DRC, Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda) seeking a better future in…
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…
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)…
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…
As women, we live with the reality that we are more likely to experience GBV by someone we know than some random stranger. It…