30 Years of Democracy: Civil Society and Social Movements Organising for Change Dossier/Video 30 Years of Democracy: Civil Society and Social Movements Organising for Change aims to reflect on the journey of CSOs and Social Movements in South Africa and their role in deepening South Africa's democracy alongside communities and citizens.
How can collaboration ensure public spaces are designed and managed for all in African cities? A series of reflections on urban public spaces with support from the Heinrich Böll Foundation. By Western Cape Economic Development Partnership
Reflections on Africa Month 2022 Dossier This Africa Month we reflect on the South African democratic project's pervasive culture of xenophobic violence, poverty and inequality, despite the country's many efforts towards the attainment of human rights and social justice for all.
Reflections On Freedom Dossier Annually, South Africa observes and celebrates Freedom month. The month serves to reflect on South Africa's painful Apartheid past.
Freedom in a Time of Femicide Article Freedom is still an unreachable destination from the peripheries. It is an ideal that easily slips out of our mouths as South Africans, but with little to show for women and gender minorities. By Mbalenhle Matandela
Through a Gendered Lens: South Africa’s Covid Pandemic Article South Africa, like the rest of the world, emerged from the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic battered and bruised on many fronts. By Vivienne Mentor-Lalu
My Reflections on Freedom: The Life of the Indigenous and Marginalised on Freedom Day Article An insight into Freedom Day for dispossessed indigenous people fighting giants to preserve sacred land and water. How can you redevelop sacred land by infilling parts of a river with concrete bulk? By Nadine Dirks
Our Freedoms Have Multiple Truths Article Freedom is not absolute in South Africa and never will be. In fact, the notion of absolute freedom, while it sounds good to say, is an absurd fallacy. By Ling Sheperd
Life Esidimeni: My Reflections on Freedom Article The case of Life Esidimeni is one of the most significant violations of health and human rights in post-apartheid South Africa. By Christine Nxumalo
Finding Common Ground to Tackle Climate and Mental Health Links between environmental disasters and mental health are increasingly coming into focus as ticking time bombs. It is vital that spatial planning strategies at local government level are adapted with this dual threat to societal welfare in mind. By Marcela Guerrero Casas
