Africa: Call for Expressions of Interest - Democratic Governance in South Africa

GUIDELINES: Democratic Governance in South Africa Read more »

South Africa: Partnership Between Democracy Works Foundation and the Financial Services Volunteer Corps

We are excited to announce a new partnership between Democracy Works Foundation (DWF) and the Financial Services Volunteer Corps (FSVC) with the support of the American people… Read more »

South Africa: Social and Environment Change Knowledge Co-Creation With Cogta

Democracy Works Foundation (DWF) is excited to announce a collaborative knowledge co-creation initiative in partnership with the Department of Cooperative Governance and… Read more »

South Africa: DWF Hosts the Climate Change Champions Communications & Negotiations Workshop

The Democracy Works Foundation (DWF) team is pleased to announce hosting The Climate Change Champions Communications & Negotiations Workshop from 1st to 3rd November 2022 in… Read more »

Lesotho: DWF and FIDA to Launch the Participatory Action Research Study At PYWEIG Policy Dialogue Cafe

The Federation of Women's Lawyers of Lesotho (FIDA - Lesotho) is a leading organisation for women's and children's rights in Lesotho. Its main mandates are to educate, advocate for… Read more »

Lesotho: Preparing Lesotho Political Parties for Strategic Election Monitoring

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South Africa: Women's Parliament Highlights the Impact of Substance Abuse, Climate Change and Economic Empowerment of Women

The Northern Cape Provincial Legislature (NCPL) in partnership with Democracy Works Foundation, will host its Provincial Women's Parliament celebrating women's month on the 30 and… Read more »

South Africa: Civil Society, Citizens and Consumer Activism Crucial to Increase State-Owned Company Performance

Ordinary citizens, consumers, and civil society must play more active roles as shareholders of state-owned enterprises than is currently the case, as activist shareholders in… Read more »

Lesotho: A Reflection Meeting On the Role of Technical Reference Groups in Lesotho

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South Africa: Climate Change Action At Work With the National Workshop On Climate Change & Regional Symposium On Water and Energy #AfricaClimateCrisis

Democracy Works Foundation (DWF) is pleased to announce hosting The Regional Symposium on Water and Energy for political parties, and The National Climate Change workshop series on… Read more »

South Africa: Why Stakeholder Collaborations Are Critical in Establishing Climate Change Interventions #AfricaClimateCrisis

The Presidential Climate Change Commission's draft document on a "Just Transition Framework for Stakeholder engagement" is open for comment until the 29th of April 2022. The… Read more »

Southern Africa: Include Women in Solving Our Regional Problems

The 8th of March is globally marked as International Women's Day. To honour the women's movement and struggle for equality, the theme for 2022 is #Breakthebias - a reference to all… Read more »

South Africa: Loyalty Won't Bring Change to SA, Switching Allegiance Will

For many South Africans not voting during local and national elections is an act of protest - however counterproductive - against runaway corruption, corruption, incompetence and… Read more »

South Africa: Policy Brief 39 - Strengthening Public Accountability to Make Democracy Work

The lack of accountability at all levels of legislatures, government, and oversight agencies is at the heart of persistent poor public services, financial mismanagement, and… Read more »

Zambia: DWF-Zambia Supports the Zambian General Elections in the Time of Covid-19

In less than 24-hours, the people of Zambia will be heading to the polls. To decide the future of the young and old, at the largely anticipated General Elections. Read more »

Zambia: Youth and Women Manifesto

Within the framework of the Southern Africa Political Parties and Dialogue (SAPP&D) Programme, Democracy Works Foundation (DWF) in Zambia in partnership with the Zambia… Read more »

Zambia: Women and Youth Movements Present Manifestos to August 2021 Elections Presidential Candidates

As political parties and candidates step up their election campaigns to canvas votes, Zambian Women and Youth Movements are also set to launch and present their respective Women… Read more »

South Africa: New Democratic Governance Model Needed to Overcome the Multiple Crises Caused By Covid-19.

South Africa's governance model is broken. Failure to change SAs governance model will lead to the country being unable to overcome the health, social and economic crises caused by… Read more »

South Africa: Court Set to Rule On Jacob Zuma, and an Era of Impunity

For nearly three years, South African investigators have been unearthing a web of corruption around former President Jacob Zuma in a public inquiry that has captivated the country. Read more »

South Africa: We Are Going Down, the Mexico Way

SA is rapidly going down the way of Mexico, where the criminal underworld, cartels and gangs have terrifying power and have brazenly created no-go zones, defied laws and violently… Read more »

South Africa: Social Pacts More Vital Than Ever As State Lacks Capacity

Social partners involved in SA's social dialogue have not been diverse enough, and so decisions often do not have broad societal buy-in. Read more »

South Africa: Northern Cape Forgotten in South Africa's Strategic Plans to Fight HIV & Aids

Life Line Northern Cape (Life Line NC) is a community organisation based in the Sol Plaatje local municipality in Kimberly. Life Line NC is registered non-profit public benefit… Read more »

South Africa: Building Stronger Bridges Between Provincial Legislatures and CSOs - Reflections From a Baseline Study

A government that works for the people should necessarily work with the people. This is particularly true for the legislative sector which is mandated to represent the people. It… Read more »

South Africa: South Africa Needs Electoral System Overhaul

The Constitutional Court's decision in July 2020 to declare unconstitutional aspects of the Electoral Act which disallow individuals to stand as independent candidates for… Read more »

South Africa: Building an Inclusive Post-Covid-19 Economy for South Africa

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