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Articles: Charter for a Safe South Africa
[2008 August 28]
www.safesouthafrica.org.za Over the past four days, Action for a Safe South Africa (AFSSA) has grown from being a collaborative effort of a small group of organisations to being an explosive, organic and dynamic coalition of individual and collective...
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[2008 August 28]
www.safesouthafrica.org.za Over the past four days, Action for a Safe South Africa (AFSSA) has grown from being a collaborative effort of a small group of organisations to being an explosive, organic and dynamic coalition of individual and collective...
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Recent Articles
Articles: Safe South Africa - What Do The People Say?
[2008 August 28]
At the recent Action for a Safe SA Convention, Yvette Geyer spoke to some of the participants and asked them what the Convention meant to them, and what they were planning to do to make South Africa a safe place to live in. See the interviews here.
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[2008 August 28]
At the recent Action for a Safe SA Convention, Yvette Geyer spoke to some of the participants and asked them what the Convention meant to them, and what they were planning to do to make South Africa a safe place to live in. See the interviews here.
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Exhibition: My Rights, My Struggle - Torture in Zimbabwe
[2008 August 28]
Idasa's States in Transition Observatory (SITO) project and Amnesty International hosted a photographic exhibition at Constitution Hill in Johannesburg during the week of the 23rd - 30th August 2008.
See the Exhibition Photos here.
All of the...
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[2008 August 28]
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Press Release: Civil Society Calls for Accountability in Development Aid
[2008 August 21]
A delegation of South African civil society representatives, mandated by 50 national non-governmental organisations, will attend the CSO Parallel Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Accra, Ghana from 31 August 2008. Representatives will develop a statement...
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[2008 August 21]
A delegation of South African civil society representatives, mandated by 50 national non-governmental organisations, will attend the CSO Parallel Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Accra, Ghana from 31 August 2008. Representatives will develop a statement...
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News Articles by IDASA staff: Scorpions deliberations: time to tread carefully
[2008 August 21]
By: Gary Pienaar ON TUESDAY, the Scorpions road show returned to Parliament for an additional day of public hearings after a week touring the country. The public participation process got off to an inauspicious start, when the safety and security committee...
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[2008 August 21]
By: Gary Pienaar ON TUESDAY, the Scorpions road show returned to Parliament for an additional day of public hearings after a week touring the country. The public participation process got off to an inauspicious start, when the safety and security committee...
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Submissions: Closure of the Scorpions - Comment to Parliament
[2008 August 20]
The South African government recently decided to disband the specialist crime-fighting unit called the Directorate of Special Operations (DSO) – also known as the Scorpions. Parliament is currently considering the related legislation which will enact this closure...
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[2008 August 20]
The South African government recently decided to disband the specialist crime-fighting unit called the Directorate of Special Operations (DSO) – also known as the Scorpions. Parliament is currently considering the related legislation which will enact this closure...
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Press Release: Citizens and Municipalities Should Talk - Local Governance Barometer
[2008 August 19]
Despite significant improvements in service delivery by local government in South Africa over the past ten years, most municipal councils face a widening gap between demand and supply of services, resulting in citizens losing confidence in local government...
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[2008 August 19]
Despite significant improvements in service delivery by local government in South Africa over the past ten years, most municipal councils face a widening gap between demand and supply of services, resulting in citizens losing confidence in local government...
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Newsletters: Migration & Social Cohesion
[2008 August 18]
The project on Migration and Social Cohesion is funded by the Heinrich Boell Stiftung and is being implemented by Idasa as the South African partner of the Southern African Migration Project (SAMP). Welcome to this first edition of Migration & Social...
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[2008 August 18]
The project on Migration and Social Cohesion is funded by the Heinrich Boell Stiftung and is being implemented by Idasa as the South African partner of the Southern African Migration Project (SAMP). Welcome to this first edition of Migration & Social...
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Course: Program Announcement: Democracy & Diversity INSTITUTE
[2008 August 18]
Building upon the interest generated by our region-based institute in South Africa, we are pleased to announce the ninth Democracy & Diversity Graduate Summer Institute in Cape Town, South Africa. In this intensive program, an international body...
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[2008 August 18]
Building upon the interest generated by our region-based institute in South Africa, we are pleased to announce the ninth Democracy & Diversity Graduate Summer Institute in Cape Town, South Africa. In this intensive program, an international body...
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Books: The State of Local Governance in South Africa: What does the Local Governance Barometer tell us?
[2008 August 18]
Siyabonga Memela, Benjy Mautjane, Tina Nzo and Paul van Hoof (Editor)
In 2007-2008, the Local Governance Unit of Idasa applied the Local Governance Barometer (LGB) to appraise the state of governance in 16 local municipalities within South Africa ....
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[2008 August 18]
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Workshop Reports: Building Political Will for Participatory Budgeting
[2008 August 13]
Participatory budgeting is a decision-making process through which citizens deliberate and negotiate over the distribution of public resources. Participatory budgeting programs are implemented at behest of governments, citizens, non-governmental organizations...
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[2008 August 13]
Participatory budgeting is a decision-making process through which citizens deliberate and negotiate over the distribution of public resources. Participatory budgeting programs are implemented at behest of governments, citizens, non-governmental organizations...
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