July 23, 2021

DDP Political Summit 2021: Restoring Public Trust Towards a Robust and Active Participatory Politics

The sharp decline in trust in government is serving to underline that trust is an essential, yet often overlooked, ingredient in successful policymaking. Without trust in […]
July 22, 2021

We must not allow bullshitters to turn us into agents of state-sanctioned vigilantism

By: Aubrey Matshiqi There are two novels I am going to read again. This, I am going to do because South Africa has become a matrix […]
July 20, 2021

The country in our heads

By: Steven Friedman YOU cannot heal a country if you don’t know what you are trying to cure. Or if you believe that what is in […]
July 19, 2021

The fatal collision of the Free Zuma Protests and South Africa’s soft state model.

By: Dr. Jason Musyoka The latest wave of ‘Free Jacob Zuma’ protests (FZP) forms part of the complex democracy that is South Africa. This was not […]
July 16, 2021

Constitution Court Judgement About Former President Jacob Zuma: Its Implications on the rule of Law and Democracy in SA.

By: Norah Msuya On Tuesday morning, 29 June 2021,  The Constitutional Court of South Africa sentenced former President Jacob Zuma to 15 months’ imprisonment. Zuma, 79, […]
July 15, 2021

Advocating for Community Participation and Environmental Sustainability Through Waste Collection

Nomfundo Mkhaba is a 34 old woman from the South Coast, she is a member and co-founder of an organization called Waste for Change.  Nomfundo is […]
July 13, 2021

KZN ECONOMIC COUNCIL CONDEMNS ONGOING LOOTING AND DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY AND WARNS OF DIRE IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY

TO: ALL MEDIA MEDIA STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 13 July 2021 KZN ECONOMIC COUNCIL CONDEMNS ONGOING LOOTING AND DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY AND WARNS OF DIRE IMPACT […]
July 9, 2021

The Covid19 Pandemic in South Africa

A Review of Selected Local Governance and Policy Responses: Volume 1 and 2  DOWNLOAD THE PDF> 
July 9, 2021

An Anthology of Inter-Disciplinary Policy Responses to Covid19

A South African Perspective DOWNLOAD THE PDF>Â