September 3, 2021

Portfolio on Co-Operative Governance & Traditional Affairs (COGTA)

 Briefing by the Department of COGTA and MEC on the status of boreholes, report on beneficiaries of EPWP and on 1st Quarter Report 2021/22 (Financial and […]
September 1, 2021

Weekly Africa Report with Dr Paul Kariuk

August 30, 2021

Women, politics and leadership: Empowering towards an equitable future – webinar

This Mail & Guardian webinar was hosted by the Mail & Guardian and sponsored by the Democracy Development Program (DDP). It featured as its speakers: Professor Mpilo Pearl Sithole, a […]
August 30, 2021

The Trajectory of South Africa’s Opposition Party Politics

By: Sanusha Naidu Introduction The release of the recent Afrobarometer survey results examining trust in South Africa’s institutions and political parties reinforces perceptions by the public […]
August 30, 2021

Empowering women towards an equitable future in the Covid-19 era

By: Paul Kariuki The struggle of women in South Africa and around the world continues. The journey has been long and strenuous, given the changing political […]
August 26, 2021

Weekly Africa Report with Dr Paul Kariuki

August 20, 2021

Women, Democracy and Leadership Conference 2021

  Democracy Development Program was proud to host the Women, Democracy and Leadership Conference on 18 August 2021. The Conference aimed at identifying challenges impending effective […]
August 20, 2021

Women Are Sacred Beings: We Must Be Better And Do Better

By: Aubrey Matshiqi,   Hear my voice Hear my dreams Let us make a world In which I believe   Hear my words Hear my cries […]
August 17, 2021

The titanic shift of social cohesion as a moral question to social cohesion as economic redistribution

By: Jason Musyoka (Ph.D) Archbishop Desmond’s Tutu’s metaphor of a Rainbow nation intended to capture the need for social cohesion within South Africa. This concept reflected […]