Tag: Democracy Gauge

The 25 year-democratic journey has been a roller-coaster ride for South Africans. While the current government has achieved a lot ...

As we wrap up our This week in 1994 series we look at the governing party’ national conference, which happened ...

This week we focus on the history of the Freedom Front Plus (FF+), a minority Afrikaner party that shook South ...

South Africa’s education system has had profound changes since the advent of democracy. But it's still riddled with dismal learner ...

This week we reflect on democratic South Africa’s bold step to become a founding member of the World Trade Organisation ...

Calls for a change in South Africa's electoral system have re-emerged. Corruption and a lack of accountability by public officials ...

This week 25 years ago, the Swiss government signed an agreement with South Africa pledging support for the country’s Reconstruction ...

Democratic SA established Chapter 9 Institutions to protect the rights of ordinary citizens enshrined in the Constitution. Duplication of functions ...

This week we reflect on one of the milestones reached by South Africa's new Government of National Unity in its ...

Women continue to experience high rates of sexual violence, despite democratic South Africa’s progressive sexual offences laws. During the 2018/2019 ...

This week we shine the spotlight on the Restitution of Land Act. On 08 November 1994, Parliament adopted the Act ...

Nelson Mandela, Robert Sobukwe, Thabo Mbeki, Tsietsie Mashinini and many other struggle heroes were youngsters when they conceived the dream ...

This week we focus on government’s decision to cut funding in former Model C schools in a move that sought ...

The millions spent on commissions of inquiry has sparked debate with some South Africans questioning their significance. At issue, is ...

This week we mark the start of government’s new large-scale electrification programme. The project was in line with the ANC ...

While the face of Corporate South Africa has changed from how it used to be during apartheid, there are concerns ...

This week we focus on the fallout over the integration process of former freedom fighters into the South African National ...

Schools were some of the key arenas at which the fight against apartheid took place. Fast forward to modern-day South ...

This week 25 years ago – late statesman Nelson Mandela became the first foreign leader to address a joint session ...

Government’s social security programmes are hailed as some of the successes of the democratic dispensation. But while the social grant ...