2012-02-24Idasa researcher Len Verwey comments on South Africa Minister of finance Pravin Gordhan' 2012 budget speech which was held at Parliament in Cape Ton on the 22d of February.

2012-02-22Bryan 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 ...

2012-02-21Judith February provides her views on political party funding in South Africa in this opinion piece written on the 20th of February 2012. Idasa hosted a panel discussion on party ...

2011-11-23In this paper, Nancy Dubosse and Richard Calland argue that there is an urgent need to bring strategic and administrative coherence to the multiple sources of climate finance, and to ...

2011-11-22A sustainable transition in Africa’s newest country will require efficient service delivery, says Francis Tuhaise, a Ugandan intern with Idasa’s States in Transition Observatory.

2011-11-23Idasa’s Economic Governance Programme reports on its September 2011 training workshops.

2011-07-20This conference report from the Public Expenditure and Smallholder Agriculture Project of Idasa’s Economic Governance Programme identifies advocacy tools and communication techniques in advocacy.The project works in nine African countries: ...

2011-03-29Communiqué African Civil society organisations representing 13 countries met at Helderfontein Estate in Midrand, South Africa on the 14th and 15th of March 2011, as part of the ongoing campaign ...

2011-03-15Idasa’s Economic Governance Programme hosted a conference in Nairobi where participants shared ideas and expertise, with the aim of empowering small-holder farmers in Africa. Challenges facing these farmers include poor ...

2011-02-15The Community of Democracies (CD) is an intergovernmental organization of democracies and democratizing countries committed to strengthening and deepening democracy worldwide. Inaugurated in 2000 in Warsaw where its Permanent Secretariat ...

2011-11-09Idasa Executive Director Paul Graham speaks to Jenny Crwys-Williams of Talk radio 702 on the occasion of Idasa’s (near) 25th birthday. Graham reflects on the history of the organisation, South ...

2011-02-22The ANC’s Gwede Mantashe reiterated that job creation should be the government's main aim while DA parliamentary leader Athol Trollip says he is satisfied that the lack of jobs and ...

2011-02-16The South African President’s annual State of the Nation address to Parliament gives citizens an opportunity to reflect on the health of our society, our economy and our democracy. To ...

2010-12-10Judith February of the Parliamentary Information and Monitoring Service (PIMS) on the parliamentary process of the Protection of Information Bill currently before the South African parliament.

2010-12-10Judith February of the Parliamentary Information and Monitoring Service (PIMS) on the distinction between the proposed Media Appeals Tribunal and the Protection of Information Bill in South Africa.

2012-05-17Across sub-Saharan Africa, formal institutional rules are coming to matter much more than they used to, and have displaced violence as the primary source of constraints on executive behavior. From ...

2012-04-26The Afrobarometer survey conducted in South Africa towards the end of 2011 provides interesting insights into the charachteristics of South African citizens and their percpetions of society and the country's democracy. ...

2012-04-23In a revealing paper Derek Matyszak of the Research and Advocacy Unity of Zimbabwe analyses the legal and political realities of what he calls the ZIMPLATS saga. Matyszak addresses what he calls ...

2012-04-13It is generally acknowledged that HIV and AIDS is multifaceted, with diverse ramifica­tions across social, political and economic life, hence the need for a multiple response. The design and implementation ...

2012-04-12Please find herewith Idasa's latetst report provided by our Governance and Aids Programme and UNESCO. The report is focussed on enabling journalism educators to support comprehensive governance responses to HIV/AIDS ...

2011-10-04The Programme Manager of Idasa’s Economic Governance Programme, Russell Wildeman, in his response to the Department of Basic Education’s Assessment of the EFA Goal 2, warned that South Africa needs ...

2011-08-11Harare 8 August 2011It is with deep sorrow and grief that I stand before you on the occasion of the burial of one of Zimbabwe’s finest sons.Today, we bury a ...

2010-12-03Sydney 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 ...

2010-10-21Idasa's executive director Paul Graham warned that reviving democracy in Africa requires Europe to do the same. At the Netherlands Institute for Multipary Democracy conference held in Brussels earlier this ...

2010-10-06Idasa’s Gary Pienaar spoke on the role of civil society in promoting transparency in political party financing in SADC at Transparency International’s launch of a report in Johannesburg on 28 ...

2011-07-26Idasa’s Political Information & Monitoring Service (PIMS) has made a submission to parliament noting that President Zuma’s invitation to Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo, head of the Constitutional Court, to extend ...

2011-03-11Gary Pienaar, a Senior Researcher in Idasa’s Political Information and Monitoring Service (PIMS), made a submission to the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Constitutional Development on its proposed amendment to ...

2011-01-21This is a submission by WWF-SA (Living Planet Unit) in response to the request for public comments on the draft Electricity Regulations on New Generation Capacity dated 30 November 2010 ...

2011-01-21Submission to the Department of Energyconcerning theDraft Electricity Regulations on New Generation Capacitypromulgated for comment in Government Gazette No. 33819dated 30 November 2010, in Notice No. R.1130. A common thread ...

2010-12-10Revision 2 of 2010Submission prepared by:Hilton Trollip, Senior Research Consultant htrollip@idasa.org.zaSmita Nakhooda, Senior Research Consultant snakhooda@idasa.org.zaGary Pienaar, Senior Researcher gpienaar@idasa.org.zaElectricity Governance Initiative of South AfricaEconomic Governance ProgrammeWe acknowledge with appreciation ...

2010-11-21In this video clip, Christele Diwouta of Idasa, an African Democracy Institute, speaks with Polity's Amy Witherden, about the problems with the criminalisation of the wilful transmission of HIV

2010-10-12Join the week of action - 19 October 2010 - see more at www.right2know.org.za

2009-09-17In celebration of Right-to-Know Day on 28 September, Idasa is screening a documentary entitled, Beyond Elections: Redefining Democracy in the Americas.  The movie reviews attempts in Brazil, Argentina, and most ...

2009-03-30The Election Monitoring Network in South Africa held a press conference, where Archbishop Thabo Makgoba made this statement on behalf of the group. The environment in South Africa is currently ...