Introduction to the Parliamentary Monitoring Group
Introduction to the Parliamentary Monitoring Group is the result of a training conducted by Rashaad Alli and Monique Doyle of the Parliamentary Monitoring Group and…
Publications
Democracy Works Foundation intends to contribute to fostering democratic culture and practice by providing thinking on the work we do, research and analysis, practical toolkits and policy recommendations.
This page captures our different publication formats. You will find articles about our work, studies and papers, policy briefs and toolkits.
Electoral Reform Multi-Stakeholder Meeting held in Manzini – Eswatini
Photo: US Ambassador, Honourable Lisa Peterson addressing the meeting. Democracy Works Foundation Eswatini successfully hosted an Electoral Reform Multi-Stakeholder Engagement Meeting on 27 August…
Partner highlight: Monitoring, evaluation and learning for cohesive social impact – from ends to means
Introduction In South Africa, discussions of social cohesion and social impact tend to happen in silos. Civil society organisations and some government departments (Arts,…
The power of community driven oversight to promote social cohesion
Providing Civil Society Organisations with the tools needed to drive community driven accountability is connected directly to promoting social cohesion and a community’s ability…
TOOLKIT – SOUTHERN AFRICA POLITICAL PARTIES TRAINING CURRICULUM
Contemporary representative democracy requires intermediary actors between the state and society as well as institutional mechanisms for the articulation of diverse views and policy…
Northern Cape Provincial Legislature takes extraordinary steps to strengthen public participation
Introduction The need for oversight and accountability over service delivery failures in our communities has only been increased as a result of the Covid-19…
Democracy Works Foundation assists Civil Society to get Provincial Legislature support during COVID-19
COVID-19 has touched almost every aspect of the social, economic, private and political lives of all South Africans. One such impact, which has wide-spread…
DWF BUILDS CAPACITY OF POLITICAL PARTIES TO MONITOR ELECTIONS
When the High Court of Malawi, sitting as a Constitutional Court, annulled the 2019 presidential elections results and ordered a fresh election, the court…
DWF ZAMBIA SIGNS MOUs WITH FOUR POLITICAL PARTIES PF, FDD, UPND AND MMD
Southern African Democracy Works Foundation (DWF) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with four Zambian political parties to formalise their commitment to working…
Oasis determined to see Upington’s disabled children in schools
Oasis Skills Development Centre, situated in the ZF Mgcawu municipality, in Upington Northern Cape, has been operating since 1999. In 2015, Oasis was officially…