November 16, 2021

The African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights: Success and Challenges

    By Norah Msuya, The African regional human rights system is both universal in character and distinctively African in its scope and principles. Though the […]
November 9, 2021

The Low Participation Rate -not the low voter turnout – Should Worry Us More

By Aubrey Matshiqi, The downward trend in the electoral performance of the African National Congress (ANC) continues. In the 2004 general election, the ANC garnered 69.69% […]
November 9, 2021

Will the Economic Reconstruction and Recovery Plan Solve the Unemployment in South Africa?

By Dr Olusola Bodede The president of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa presented the Economic Recovery Plan in October 2020 to the joint sitting of the parliament. […]
November 8, 2021

SA political life morphing into two major spheres of participation and expression

By Stef Terblanche Our latest round of democratic elections to elect new municipal governments have been successfully concluded. Successfully so in that they were largely peaceful, […]
November 8, 2021

Media freedom, a bulwark of our democracy in South Africa: Why it must be protected

  By Lizzy Ofusori Media refers to the means of mass communication within a society. It entails the electronic (internet), broadcasting (radio and television), and print […]
November 8, 2021

ENHANCING DISABILITY AWARENESS IN SOUTH AFRICA: REMOVING BARRIERS TOWARDS AN INCLUSIVE AND ACCESSIBLE SOCIETY FOR ALL

  By Dr. Adefemi Obalade Disability occurs when there is an impairment that may affect developmental, cognitive, mental, physical, and emotional state of a person or […]
November 8, 2021

Active citizenship in the era of COVID 19 challenges and possibilities

  By Dr. Nneka Akwu COVID-19, an acute respiratory disease, is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome. It emerged from China in late 2019 and spread […]
November 2, 2021

Electronic Voting in SA: The Role of Civil Society and Citizens Towards a Free and Fair Local Government Elections

By Maria Goyayi   The persisting COVID-19 pandemic has significantly altered life in so many ways including interaction with each others, conducting business and also political […]
October 28, 2021

DDP Multiparty Forum – 27 October 2021

      On 27 October 2021, DDP hosted a Multiparty Forum with the theme: “The role of incoming municipal political leadership in post-pandemic recovery.” The […]