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Press Release: Idasa's Democracy Index Press Release
[2010 March 10]

EMBARGOED UNTIL MIDNIGHT THURSDAY 11 MARCH, FOR RELEASE FRIDAY 12 MARCH Idasa’s latest publication, “Testing Democracy: Which Way is South Africa Going?, to be released on Thursday at Idasa’s Cape Town Democracy Centre, suggests that...
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Pamphlets: Idasa's Democracy Index - Testing Democracy: Which Way is South Africa Going?
[2010 March 10]

Edited by Neeta Misra-Dexter and Judith February This book is an assessment by democracy institute Idasa of the state of democracy in South Africa today. The book interrogates the relationship between democracy and development and how underdevelopment...
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News Articles by IDASA staff: Zuma simply needs to play by the rules
[2010 March 10]

By: Judith February WE SHOULD not have to be dragooned into setting high standards in public life. We should willingly seek maximum openness about what our public representatives do, and receive.” These words are as true today as they were in...
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Presentations: Call for papers
[2010 March 09]

Governance and Small-scale Agriculture in West Africa
Organisation: Idasa Economic Governance Programme,
Conference Dates: November, 8th- 10th 2010/ Nairobi, Kenya From 8th to 10th November 2010, Idasa’s Economic Governance Programme...
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News: ANSA-Africa is Seeking 3 Executive Committee Members
[2010 March 08]

The Affiliated Network for Social Accountability (ANSA) in Africa, hosted by the Economic Governance Programme of Idasa, is currently seeking three new Executive Committee members to guide the work of the ANSA-Africa Network. The role of the Executive...
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Press Release: Press Release - Declaration by Civil Society Promoting the Ratification of the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance
[2010 March 08]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Representatives of civil society organisations from 13 African countries committed themselves to effective collaboration across the continent to ensure that the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance comes into...
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Radio Recordings: Media for Advocacy
[2010 March 08]

Listen to Leo from ISODEC (Ghana) and Raynor from Elimu Yetu (Kenya) on the work they are doing on education rights in Africa.  Both were participants at a training workshop on using “Media for Advocacy” in Tanzania in February 2010,...
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News: Idasa to release findings on state of SA democracy - KDC Launch
[2010 March 08]


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Research Reports: 2010/2011 South Africa’s national budget: HIV & AIDS- from policy to action
[2010 March 04]

Analysis done by:
Godknows Giya (Senior Researcher)- AIDS Budget Unit
Vailet Mukotsanjera-Kowayi (Head)- AIDS Budget Unit The 2010/11 fiscal budget announced by the Finance Minister, Pravin Gordhan was presented as part of a three year macro-economic...
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Articles: Radical change in direction needed to get smallholder agriculture working
[2010 March 04]

By Manyewu Mutamba of Idasa’s Economic Governance Programme For more than a decade government has faltered in its efforts to tackle the dual challenge of revitalising smallholder agriculture in former homelands and ensuring the successful establishment of land reform beneficiaries...
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