Democracy
More young people are losing their faith in democracy, research claims
Professor Joleen Steyn Kotze, a senior research specialist at the HSRC, says people are becoming disillusioned with democracy as a political system rather than...
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Are we free? SA youth question Freedom Day celebration
As South Africa commemorates 28 years since the country's first democratic elections, many citizens question whether it is a day to celebrate as many do not feel free.
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Ramaphosa: South Africans must guard against efforts to diminish democracy
President Cyril Ramaphosa said that South Africans needed to protect the Constitution, the democratic state and electoral process from those seeking to weaken democracy and hard-won freedom.
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Health first, freedom second? How COVID is changing democracies
At the start of the pandemic, governments used sweeping lockdowns and curfews to try to contain the virus. But in the past year, most countries began refining their strategies, rolling out digital passes allowing people to show they are vaccinated.
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Attack on ConCourt is an attack on SA’s democracy - Lamola
The 36-year-old suspect destroyed windows and doors at the court on Wednesday using a hammer.
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The beacon of democracy: Reflecting on the teachings of Desmond Tutu
His tireless work to create a democratic and just society without racial division in South Africa has made Archbishop Desmond Tutu a beacon for human rights who never shied away from speaking up for the oppressed.
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ANALYSIS: How to narrow the big divide between black and white farmers in SA
At the dawn of democracy, few probably thought that nearly three decades on, South Africa would still be battling with the phenomenon of “two agricultures”.
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US joins annual list of 'backsliding' democracies
Globally, more than one in four people live in a backsliding democracy, a proportion that rises to more than two in three with the addition of authoritarian or 'hybrid' regimes, according to the Stockholm-based International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance.
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'He played a key role in ushering in democracy': Ramaphosa remembers De Klerk
President Cyril Ramaphosa called upon South Africans to pay condolences because the late FW De Klerk was "a human being".
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'He took the steps to change South Africa' - political parties mourn FW de Klerk
The ANC, UDM, FF+, GOOD and the DA have sent their condolences to the De Klerk family.
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Global voter turnout has been in decline since the 1960s. Here's why
The generational nature of the decrease in voter turnout suggests that it may continue to drop. But this is not an inevitability.
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Ramaphosa wants values of democracy, dangers of corruption taught in school
President Cyril Ramaphosa said that he wanted teachers to raise children to be good citizens.
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HAJI MOHAMED DAWJEE: Senzeni Na? What have we done, and when will we be free?
Four decades after the popularity of the song reached its height, Haji Mohamed Dawjee asks what have we done? Why do we continue doing it? And when will we be free?
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ANGELO FICK: Beyond the dealership of leadership
If we were more civic-minded, we would be able to carry out our responsibilities and hold leaders to account better, writes Angelo Fick.
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MAHLATSE MAHLASE: Defending media freedom in SA is a continuous battle
Despite the fact that the media’s rights are enshrined in our Constitution, we have learnt in the 27-year journey of our democracy that even when guaranteed, freedom still needs defenders, says Sanef’s Mahlatse Mahlase.
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Ramaphosa on Freedom Day: The promise of 1994 is yet to be fulfilled for many
President Cyril Ramaphosa led the 2021 National Freedom Day celebrations on 27 April 2021, in Botshabelo, Free State Province.
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JUDITH FEBRUARY: How did South Africa lose its way so badly?
Now is a definitive time to be seeking to draw lessons from the past and to think about a future South Africa shaped by citizens who demand accountability from those in power, writes Judith February.
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KHAYA XABA: 28 years after Chris Hani’s assassination, how is SA faring?
It’s important to undertake a frank assessment of some of the most pressing South African issues that our beloved Cde Chris Thembisile Hani fought for, writes Khaya Xaba.
