Newsletters: Migration & Social Cohesion
[2008 August 18]

The project on Migration and Social Cohesion is funded by the Heinrich Boell Stiftung and is being implemented by Idasa as the South African partner of the Southern African Migration Project (SAMP). Welcome to this first edition of Migration & Social...
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Course: Program Announcement: Democracy & Diversity INSTITUTE
[2008 August 18]

Building upon the interest generated by our region-based institute in South Africa, we are pleased to announce the ninth Democracy & Diversity Graduate Summer Institute in Cape Town, South Africa. In this intensive program, an international body...
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Books: The State of Local Governance in South Africa: What does the Local Governance Barometer tell us?
[2008 August 18]

Siyabonga Memela, Benjy Mautjane, Tina Nzo and Paul van Hoof (Editor) In 2007-2008, the Local Governance Unit of Idasa applied the Local Governance Barometer (LGB) to appraise the state of governance in 16 local municipalities within South Africa ....
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Workshop Reports: Building Political Will for Participatory Budgeting
[2008 August 13]

Participatory budgeting is a decision-making process through which citizens deliberate and negotiate over the distribution of public resources. Participatory budgeting programs are implemented at behest of governments, citizens, non-governmental organizations...
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Exhibition: Human Rights Defenders from Zimbabwe Exhibition
[2008 August 11]

Idasa's States in Transition Observatory (SITO) project within our Political Governance Programme and Amnesty International will be hosting an exhibition at Constitution Hill in Johannesburg the week of the 23rd - 30th August 2008. This is a free exhibition...
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News Flash: Zimbabwe News flashes for August 2008
[2008 August 11]

These news flashes aim to shed light and provide analysis on the deepening crisis in Zimbabwe, by considering the situation, actors, and dynamics in that country. If you would like to subscribe to daily updates, please contact Emily. Zim Newsflash 11...
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Articles: (JOC) keying for Power - The Joint Operations Command and the viability of a transitional arrangement in Zimbabwe
[2008 August 07]

By: Colin Felsman With the signing of the Lancaster House Agreement of 1979, inaugural President Robert Mugabe and his partners in the liberation struggle promised “to campaign peacefully and without intimidation” and “to renounce the use of force for political ends...
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Workshops: Presentation by the Governance and AIDS Programme - GAP
[2008 August 03]

“Building AIDS Resilient Democratic Societies” XVIII International AIDS Conference Mexico City, 3-8 August 2008 This will be a discussion based on empirical evidence on the impact of HIV/AIDS on political processes and institutions in Africa...
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Submissions: A Submission by Idasa to the Portfolio Committee on Finance on the draft Money Bills Amendment Procedure and Related Matters Bill, 2008
[2008 August 01]

Idasa welcomes this opportunity to make a written submission to the Portfolio Committee on Finance on the draft Money Bills Amendment Procedure and Related Matters Bill, 2008. This submission consists of four main sections: Section 2 sets out some general...
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News Articles by IDASA staff: ANC is more tortoise than hare on issue of money and the political process
[2008 August 01]

By: Judith February It is clear that the ANC is consolidating itself as the ‘strategic centre of power’, as envisaged in its resolutions after the 2007 Polokwane conference. It’s a tug of war however and lots of tinkering is taking place- some good, some bad...
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