Civil Society

The Southern Africa Trust (the Trust) has been in existence for the past 14 years; it opened its doors back in 2005. The Trust as an entity has...

Established in 2003 with the purpose of promoting a culture of self-evaluation and exchanging ideas around best governance practices, and with...

OpinionWilliam Gumede | 2019-08-25 00:00:00

Societies that have emerged from traumatic experiences, such as colonialism, apartheid and civil war, need leadership that is more caring, has...

OpinionJohn Davenport | 2019-08-23 00:00:00

In an appallingly tragic incident, a Johannesburg man was shot dead last week for his Rolex. A Rolex that turned out to be fake.

OpinionSello Hatang | 2019-07-12 00:00:00

During the 1970s and 1980s, there was a global commitment to end apartheid. Funding for civil society was more generous than it is now. However,...

OpinionEddie Rakabe | 2019-05-31 00:00:00

Economist Milton Friedman once remarked that “governments never learn, only people learn’’. He was right. Left to their own devices,...

OpinionPaul Kariuki | 2019-01-24 00:00:00

In 2018, civil society observed a rise in civic activism, a spirited effort by ordinary citizens that challenged the status quo in many ways,...

At the end of November 2018, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in conjunction with the Mail & Guardian hosted a Critical Thinking...

OpinionKhwezi Mabasa | 2018-12-18 12:21:00

South Africa will hold its sixth national general elections in May 2019.

AfricaSimon Allison | 2018-11-23 00:00:00

A new report claims the Zambian government is harassing and threatening its critics

OpinionZahira Grimwood | 2018-11-16 00:00:00

Over the past two years, civil society has witnessed significant gains in the fight for more transparency about political party private funding....

OpinionWilliam Gumede | 2018-09-28 00:00:00

Let’s imagine that aliens visited South Africa in late 1993, abducted a South African and then returned him or her home 25 years later.