August 10, 2021

The Future of Women in Politics and Leadership Post Pandemic in South Africa

By: Maria Goyayi While women constitute over 50% of the population globally, their political and leadership representation is still lower than their male counterparts. Discriminatory attitudes […]
August 10, 2021

Achieving Equal Future in a Covid World

By: Lizzy Ofusori The World Health Organisation (WHO) officially declared Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) disease (COVID-19) a pandemic in March 2020. Before then, some experts had believed that […]
August 10, 2021

Pongola Youth Dialogue

The Democracy Development Program organized a dialogue with young people in Pongola Municipality and surrounding areas, this was held on 06 August 2021. This dialogue was […]
July 30, 2021

The Aftermath of the Unrest in Parts of South Africa

By: Paul Mabote, 2015 Activator ACTIVATE! Change Drivers and Democracy Development Program hosted a Zoom engagement of the aftermath of the Mid-July unrest in parts of […]
July 29, 2021

Weekly Africa Report

July 28, 2021

Skewed attitudes against migrants in South Africa’s public health system fuel medical xenophobia

By: Paul Kariuki and Tawanda Matema The basic human right to healthcare for all, including migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, is being hamstrung by bureaucracy and […]
July 27, 2021

Searching for truth in mayhem and confusion…but what then?

By: Stef Terblanche If there is one thing the recent riots in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) and Gauteng achieved among South Africans, it was to generate deep introspection […]
July 26, 2021

Proceeding from this tipping point to safeguard a prosperous democracy for all

By: Stef Terblanche The mayhem, destruction and looting that stunned South Africa and the world, appears to be over for now, but it could very easily […]
July 26, 2021

Should we dare invent the future?

By: Sanusha Naidu The events of the past several days and weeks that gripped the country was surreal. Post reflection commentaries were caught in divisive interpretations […]