03 May 2012Idasa's Sito project looks at what is happening in Zimbabwe as the country moves towards inevitbale elections. As a member of SADC, Zimbabwe was a signatory to these benchmark principles, ...

16 Apr 2012Idasa's Sito project looks at what is happening in Zimbabwe as the country moves towards inevitbale elections.   As a member of SADC, Zimbabwe was a signatory to these benchmark ...

10 Apr 2012Idasa issues a statement raising concerns about the continued rebellion in the North of the country and declaring its optimism about the African led drive to re-install a civilian government ...

29 Mar 2012Idasa's Sito project looks at what is happening in Zimbabwe as the country moves towards inevitbale elections. As a member of SADC, Zimbabwe was a signatory to these benchmark principles, ...

27 Mar 2012Idasa's Sito project looks at what's happening in Zimbabwe as it moves towards inevitable elections. Please download the full report below.

26 Mar 2012Idasa releases a statement condemning the military coup in Mali and calling for the return to office of democratic leadership.

22 Feb 2012Bryan Sims, political analyst with Idasa's States in Transition Observatory, provides an insightful appeal for inclusiveness in the new government in Liberia in order to ensure stability and avert renewd ...

19 Jan 2011The Zimbabwe GNU Watch provides an overview, month by month, of political developments under the terms set out in the Global Political Agreement (GPA). The sections profiled in monthly outputs ...

03 Dec 2010Sydney Masamvu, Senior Political Analyst at Idasa's States in Transition Observatory (SITO), was invited to address the Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health of the U.S. House of Representatives' Committee on ...

12 Nov 2010The situation in Zimbabwe has changed since restrictive measures by many Western countries came into effect in the early 2000s. The signing of the Global Political Agreement (GPA) and the formation ...

15 Apr 2009Noting the worsening situation in Bitou municipality (Plettenberg Bay), with specific reference to Kwanokuthula community, EMN deployed monitors there to provide a visible presence of civil society within the political ...

30 May 2008Idasa has interviewed contacts in Gauteng townships about the xenophobic attacks in the past 2 weeks.  Contact was made with respondents who had been trained by idasa as community leaders ...

08 Nov 2007IDASA-Nigeria organized a two-day workshop on “Local Government and Election Democracy in Nigeria” on 17-18 October 2007 at Shiroro Hotel, Minna, Niger State. Which was funded by DFID. The event, ...

03 Oct 2007Idasa has been contracted by the Civil Society Advocacy Programme (CSAP) to support advocacy programmes in ten communities in KwaZulu/Natal and Limpopo provinces, in a project funded by the European ...

30 Sep 2007Idasa consultant Janine Rauch visited Goma in the embattled eastern parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in early October as part of Idasa’s Safety and Security Project on ...

23 Aug 2007In the wake of the SADC Summit held in Lusaka on the 16th and 17th of August, and the July sparring between the two factions of the Movement for Democratic ...

07 Jun 2007The failure by ZANU PF factions to force President Robert Mugabe to retire at the end of his term in March 2008 and the subsequent SADC initiative to resolve the ...

21 May 2007By Stefan Gilbert Nigeria's recent election was a highly anticipated event with international political and business interests watching closely.  IDASA's Nigeria office undertook an election observation project with a number ...

13 Mar 2007By Paul Graham This speech was presented at the Interpol Heads of Training Symposium in March 07. The paper discusses the complexity of security sector reform during political transitions in ...

12 Mar 2007IDASA's Safety and Security Programme and Japan International Co-operation Agency hosted a conference on Police Reform and Democratisation in Post-Conflict African Countries which was held on the 12-15 March. The aims ...

21 Dec 2006By Janine Rauch This speech was delivered by Janine Rauch at an IDASA conference held recently in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and addressed the issue of the role ...

21 Sep 2006Force to be reckoned with Mthatha is a dirty, shabby town. There’s litter everywhere. Most of the people are very poor, so the streets are crammed with pedestrians and minibus ...

20 Sep 2006This edition of Citizens at Work, the newsletter of the Citizen and Community Empowerment Programme, includes articles about Major step for DRC democracy; Occasional Column - your chance to have ...

20 Sep 2006A meeting of minds From the outside, Komaggas looks like a model town. It is nestled in the hills of the Northern Cape and is home to about 3000 residents; ...

07 Sep 2006The South African Government has committed itself to instituting wide ranging participatory processes in the different spheres and institutions of governance in the country. The attempt to introduce participatory and ...

28 Jul 2006By Teddy Nemeroff  For the past year, supported by its joint learning agreement with the Kettering Foundation, Idasa has explored the link between the strength of politics in communities with ...

30 Jun 2006By Teddy Nemeroff, Bonginkosi Mhlanga, and Mvuyisi April A man goes to sow seeds in a field. He throws seeds up and down the field and they land in different ...

01 Jun 2006We present to you a revamped, rejuvenated Municipal Talk. Past readers of Municipal Talk last saw it more than three years ago. We assume you missed it; this is evidenced ...

01 Jun 2006The South African story of transition is one that inspires many others to hope for peaceful resolutions to difficult situations.  In recent months, several leaders and politicians from the Republic ...

24 Apr 2006This research paper is designed to give an introductory overview of conflict analysis and resolution efforts in Africa. The paper provides a map of current armed conflicts in Africa and ...

31 Mar 2006By Teddy Nemeroff and Mvuyisi April This paper follows up on an earlier one describing Idasa’s experience supporting a development focused dialogue initiative in a rural area of KwaZulu Natal ...

08 Sep 2005The social, economic and political crises in Zimbabwe have contributed to an unprecedented exodus of Zimbabweans from all backgrounds away from their home country. The majority of Zimbabweans are in ...

01 Sep 2005By Jo Tyler   In August 2005, South African church leaders launched a major humanitarian relief initiative – dubbed “Operation Hope for Zimbabwe” – to help about 200 000 people ...

31 Aug 2005The Reconciliation Initiative (a partnership between Idasa and the Gauteng Council of Churches (GCC)) launched in May 2004 and now has six regional dialogues at local level, each focusing on ...

29 Jul 2005By Gilbert Maoundonodji, GRAMPTC (Group for Alternative Research and Monitoring of the Chad-Cameroon Oil Project), Chad   The participation of civil society in the management of public affairs has created ...

21 Jun 2004Zanethemba Mkalipi The African development blueprint- Nepad is a concept that has captured the imagination of many people around the world. It has become a catch-phrase for journalists, politicians, academics ...

01 Jun 2004This toolkit is used in communities involved in REFLECT circles.  When communities struggling with crime, this toolkit assists them to get organised and create an action plan to stop crime. ...

28 May 2004On May 27-28, 2004 150 church leaders from throughout the province of Gauteng met at the Skuilkrans Dutch Reformed Church in Pretoria to discuss the topic of reconciliation and how ...

30 Jan 2004Southern Africa, Ten Years after Apartheid - The Quest for Democratic Governance This report records the main issues discussed at the conference ‘Southern Africa, Ten Years after Apartheid: The Quest ...

21 Jul 2003The workshop on the "Role of Civil Society in the African Union and Nepad" was held at the Eastern Boulevard Holiday Inn in Cape Town from June 19 to 20, ...