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The Defend Our Democracy officially launched as a civil society movement on Saturday, 27 May. Issues flagged by those present included local and global threats to democracy, a lack of active citizenry for transformation and accountability, and the problem of young people having no agency to res...
Songezo Zibi is convinced that given the right tools, South Africans will use the next general election to vote for a party with leaders who show a history of action and not just promises.
South Africa needs more young people to rise to the challenge of designing the future we want to live in. But equally it needs non-youth actors – parents, NGOs, policymakers, politicians and everyday citizens – to ask how they can support and promote youth leadership and activism.
It is time for national attention to be focused where it should be, a desperate population looking for hope
The Rivonia Circle was launched to fill an identifiable vacuum where people are generally demobilised from political activity and have significantly opted out of electoral politics, writes Lukhona Mnguni.