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• 15 ratifications of the AU charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance
  [News]

  31 Jan 2012The African Democracy Forum (ADF) and the Africa Democracy Institute (IDASA) would like to congratulate the African Union and the 15 Member States who have ...

• Joint Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of the Republic of South Africa
  [News]

  02 Dec 2011Idasa, together with Civics, Odac, the R2K Campaign and several other organisations make a submission to the United Nations Universal Periodic Review on human rights ...

• Idasa commemorates the life of Mde Danielle Mitterrand
  [News]

  22 Nov 2011It is with sadness that Idasa has learnt of the passing of Madame Danielle Mitterrand, the wife of former French President François Mitterrand. Madame Mitterrand ...

• Idasa press statement on the Liberia elections
  [Press Releases]

  14 Nov 2011FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE11 November 2011Idasa, an African democracy institute, congratulates Liberians and Liberia's incumbent President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on her re-election after what can only ...

• Idasa Executive Director Paul Graham speaks to Jenny Crwys-Williams
  [Podcasts]

  09 Nov 2011Idasa 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 ...

• Tunisia’s elections peaceful, free and fair
  [Press Releases]

  27 Oct 2011Idasa congratulates the Tunisian people on their 23 October election, which signifies the country’s commitment to a sustainable transition process based on democratic principles. Download ...

• Idasa media coverage in 2010
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  16 Aug 2011Idasa subscribes to a media tracking service that monitors all coverage of Idasa activity reported in electronic media worldwide. In 2010, Idasa was mentioned in ...

• Idasa's statement on Women's Day
  [News]

  10 Aug 2011On August 9 Idasa and South Africa celebrated National Women’s Day. Idasa celebrates the leading role women have played in establishing and continue to play ...

• Idasa congratulates our former South African President Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela on his birthday
  [News]

  17 Jul 2011On Nelson Mandela Day Idasa continues to be inspired by Mandela's vision and life's work. Referring to one of Mandela's quotes Idasa considers Mandela Day ...

• Idasa's Statement on South Sudan's Independence
  [Press Releases]

  08 Jul 2011Pretoria, 8 July 2011African democracy institute Idasa would like to congratulate the South Sudanese people and their government on their attainment of independence on 9 ...

• Idasa Statement on the Death of Frederick Chiluba
  [News]

  21 Jun 2011Idasa commemorates the life of former Zambian President Frederick Jacob Titus Chiluba and extends its condolences to his family and friends. Frederick Chiluba led a ...

• Idasa Statement on Albertina Sisulu
  [News]

  02 Jun 2011Pretoria, 3 June 2011It is with sadness that IDASA, an African Democracy Institute, has learnt of the passing in South Africa of “Mother of the ...

• The whole world is interested is SA’s local govt elections
  [News]

  12 May 2011Idasa research by the Local Government Unit could not have been more timeous. And comment from PIMS is getting out as far as the Gulf ...

• Idasa addresses last Doha Democracy Forum
  [News]

  03 May 2011Idasa’s Executive Director Paul Graham had this to say at the 10th  Doha Forum on Democracy, Development and Free Trade in due to take place ...

• Idasa remembers Chris Hani - read Nic Borain's reminiscences here
  [News]

  12 Apr 2011For a brief time in the late 1980′s I had occasion to spend some time with Chris Hani, then Chief of Staff of the ANC’s ...

• Idasa responds to Swaziland crisis
  [Press Releases]

  12 Apr 2011For immediate releaseAs the protest campaign grows in Swaziland, and alarming reports grow of a security clampdown, African democracy institute Idasa calls on Swaziland to ...

• Speak out on Ivory Coast – make your voices heard
  [News]

  10 Apr 2011Idasa has issued a call to the African Union, the United Nations, development agencies and think tanks to engage in a very honest appraisal of ...

• Idasa appeal on Ivory Coast
  [News]

  07 Apr 2011African democracy institute Idasa has urged the African Union, the United Nations, development agencies and think tanks to engage in a very honest appraisal by ...

• Idasa responds to citizen demands in Middle East and North Africa
  [News]

  03 Mar 2011African citizens demand change, Idasa looks at implications for the continentNow is the time for the African Union, regional African blocs and individual African leaders ...

• Idasa welcomes wave of popular protests
  [News]

  14 Feb 2011The International Steering Committee of the Community of Democracies (ISC/CD), which is chaired by Idasa’s Executive Director, Paul Graham, has been watching the wave of ...

• Youth and citizenship online
  [Articles]

  01 Dec 2010By Samantha Fleming Citizen action is an important part of democracy. Young people, our potential future leaders, are participating in discussions online about what it ...

• Reviving democracy in Africa requires Europe to do the same
  [Speeches]

  21 Oct 2010Idasa'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 ...

• Mobile phones and education in South Africa - Steve Vosloo
  [Podcasts]

  18 Oct 2010Listen to Steve Vosloo of the Shuttleworth Foundation talk about his work on mobile literacy.

• It's all about governance
  [Speeches]

  20 Sep 2010Trying to separate democracy and development makes no sense, said Idasa's Richard Calland in a talk to the World Bank Governance Partnership Facility workshop in ...

• Idasa supports democracy day 2010
  [Articles]

  15 Sep 2010“Democracy is like oxygen. When it is there, you can breathe and you don't even notice that you are breathing. But when democracy is absent, ...

• The Flying Arch
  [Articles]

  29 Aug 2010Archbishop Desmond Tutu recently opened a new artwork at Idasa's Democracy Centre entitled "The Flying Arch". The pictures speak for themselves - come and see ...

• Public work around the world
  [Articles]

  17 Aug 2010By Harry Boyte, Co-Director, Center for Democracy and Citizenship Public work is the signature concept of the Center for Democracy and Citizenship, developed with partners ...

• What kind of politics is needed in Africa?
  [Articles]

  11 Aug 2010Professor Harry Boyte speaks to Idasa about what kind of politics is needed in Africa. Here he suggests that globally, there is an enormous need ...

• Mining and democracy in Africa
  [Podcasts]

  02 Aug 2010Listen to Idasa's Mvuyisi April talking about "Mining and democracy in Africa". Click here for his podcast.

• Idasa has a different take on the World Cup success
  [Articles]

  26 Jul 2010Now that we have had some time to look back on South Africa’s success in pulling off the World Cup South Africans have to ask ...

• Join the network of democracy practitioners in Africa
  [News]

  23 Jul 2010Join the network of Democracy researchers and scholars in Africa on LinkedIn here.

• Idasa condemns bombing in Uganda
  [News]

  12 Jul 2010Idasa deplores the bombing of people gathered to watch the football world cup in Uganda and extends its condolences to the families of those who ...

• Paul Graham statement at Community of Democracies on 3rd July 2010
  [News]

  03 Jul 2010The Community of Democracies recently commemorated its 10th Anniversary in Krakow Poland, where over over 100 civil society leaders and democracy activists from every region ...

• What South Africa Does the World Need?
  [Research Reports]

  23 Jun 2010Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive, But to be young was very heaven! – Oh! Times, In which the meager, stale, forbidding ...

• Understanding active citizenship in the light of protest
  [Research Reports]

  17 Jun 2010Idasa looks at protests in South Africa over the past 15 months and asks how citizen agency has contributed to the deepening of democracy. By ...

• Idasa hopes to leave lasting legacy after World Cup
  [News]

  11 Jun 2010African democracy institute Idasa is one of the partners of a project that aims to leave a lasting legacy after the soccer World Cup is ...