DWF to launch Democracy Works Academy
Democracy Works Foundation enthusiastically announces the start of its latest project aimed at building the next generation of ethical and responsive leaders. Democracy Works…
Citizens & Leaders
Democracies cannot be healthy and flourish without active citizens who participate in society, who solve problems their communities face, who are informed and skilled in participation.
This applies to both citizens and citizen representatives or politicians. If political leaders do not espouse democratic principals and ethics and don’t have the required skills-set or theoretical framework democracy cannot grow.
Democracy Works Foundation, therefore, offers several innovative trainings that are targeted at the following beneficiaries:
- political leaders, whether established or youthful;
- citizen and community leaders;
- civil society activists and change-makers.
Protecting and Promoting Whistleblowers in South Africa (PPW) →
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…
Are South Africa’s anti-corruption crusaders racist?
In the last few weeks, more attention has been focused on South African President Jacob Zuma than usual because of the release of an explosive new…
democracy works continues ITI ‘passing on the baton’ dialogue project
The In Transformation Initiative, with facilitators Nomfundo Walaza and Chris Spies, has kindly asked Democracy Works Foundation to continue the ‘Passing on the Baton’ project…
Passing on the Baton Dialogue in Pictures
Passing on the Baton is an inter-generational dialogue organised by In Transformation Initiativewith the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation and Democracy Works Foundation. The…
Passing on the baton – An intergenerational dialogue by ITI and partners IJR & DWF
It is essential to invest in the youth, our future economic, political and civic leaders. A new initiative aims to ‘Hand over the baton’…