June 3, 2022

Why tackling graduate unemployment in SA is important for post-covid19 economic recovery

By: Maria Goyayi South Africa has long been facing the challenge of unemployment, particularly youth unemployment. Youth unemployment has persistently remained the highest irrespective of their […]
June 1, 2022

Africa Month Newsletter

Month of May content dump, May 2022 (1)
May 31, 2022

Launch of our Sportify podcasts

DDP was proud to launch its official podcast channel. The podcast name is DDP Podcasts and is found via this link: https://open.spotify.com/show/20JW0AYTXg8ugE8u3ly92g?si=9159ed4bae314180 The channel was launched […]
May 30, 2022

The Role of Parliament in Fostering Workers Rights in South Africa Post- Covid 19

“Workers’ rights should be a central focus of development”- Joseph Stiglitz By: Nyasha Mcbride Mpani Introduction The advent of the COVID-19 pandemic impacted on various facets […]
May 26, 2022

Is Democracy the Problem? Or has its Inception of Liberal Democracy reached an Inflection Point?

By: Sanusha Naidu I was recently invited to reflect on President Joe Biden’s Democracy Summit that took place in  December 2021. As I was preparing my […]
May 25, 2022

Africa Report 25 May 2022

May 25, 2022

DDP & IEC Thought leadership session- Ugu District Municipality

The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) in partnership with the  Democracy Development Program (DDP) and the Outreach Unit of the IEC, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) hosted […]
May 23, 2022

Women, Democracy and Leadership Dialogue- Msunduzi Municipality

The Democracy Development Program convened a dialogue with women at Msunduzi Municipality and surrounding areas. This dialogue was guided by the theme: Enhancing Active Participation and Gender […]
May 23, 2022

Mkhambathini Youth Dialogue

Youth, Democracy and Elections: Promoting youth political participation and engagement: reclaiming a youth-friendly democracy The Democracy Development Program in partnership with the Open Society Foundation SA and […]