May 2019 Household Affordability Index Partner Publication The Household Affordability Index for May 2019 has been published. pdf
We need a civic and feminist movement in the country Interview The black lesbian human rights activist and activist Funeka Soldaat talks about the situation of the LGBTIQ community in South Africa 25 years after the end of apartheid.
Powerful companies and politicians must be held accountable Interview 25 years after the end of apartheid, South African society has to live with firmly anchored corruption, says Hennie van Vuuren.
Borders Should Not Cause Us to Hate Each Other Interview Cartoonist Godfrey Mwampembwa, known as Gado, talks about South Africa’s social situation 25 years after the end of apartheid.
People must continue to strive for democracy Interview Akpan Hogan Ekpo, Professor of Economics and Public Policy at Uyo University in Nigeria, talks about the state of democracy in South Africa 25 years after the end of apartheid.
Resolving South Africa’s land crisis in South Africa requires radical solutions Interview Activist Mazibuko Jara outlines South Africa’s failures in implementing land reform and the solutions necessary to address the crisis.
South African cities must creatively respond to structural unemployment Interview Edgar Pieterse from the African Center for Cities talks about the dynamics of urban development in South Africa, housing policies and public transport, and the measures that need to be taken to reduce unemployment.
South Africa: 25 years after the end of apartheid Dossier The end of the apartheid regime in 1994 marked the beginning of hope for political and economic change in South Africa. 25 years later, we take a look at what has remained of the initial spirit of optimism. This series of interviews voices the perspectives of civil society, academia and the media from South Africa and its former liberation allies Nigeria and Kenya. They underline the importance of the fight against apartheid throughout Africa and the challenges facing South Africa today.
The Private Funding of Political Parties: What Do We Know? Partner Publication The negative impact of unregulated private funding of political parties in South Africa stretches back to the period prior to the inception of democracy in 1994. Although on the 23rd of January 2019 President Ramaphosa signed into law the Political Party Funding Act (The Act) that provides for the regular and systematic disclosure of the sources and amounts of private funding allocated to political parties, South Africa's Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) decided to postpone its implementation until after the May elections. In the absence of an effective party funding transparency disclosure regime that enables an informed vote, this research compiled by My Vote Counts (MVC) collates historical and publicly available information on the private funding of political parties through donations and/or other financial transfers.
How Does Eshowe Experience our Democracy Ahead of the Elections? Partner Analysis While most political parties are now focusing on the big cities, what do the elections look like from a rural perspective? My Vote Counts spoke to a resident of Eshowe in KwaZulu Natal to hear from him how the Eshowe community experiences South Africa's democracy, if they feel included at all and what they think about elections.
