Event Policy Conversation: Power to the people? Making democractic participation practical Democracy, as a concept of the rule by the people, finds different expressions in systems of election and governance around the world. What is understood as democracy is thus subjective and often determined by socio-political and...
Event Socio Economic Invitation: young feminist roundtable on environmental justice 2017 Climate change and the need to move towards renewable forms of energy have long been at the forefront of both global and national agendas. Dominant discourses on climate change focus on two areas: reducing greenhouse gas emissions and...
Event Socio Economic Transnational Worker Solidarity and Global Value Chains Friedrich Ebert Stiftung South Africa will be partnering with NUMSA and IG Metal to host a joint workshop on Transnational Worker Solidarity and Global Value Chains.
Event Socio Economic Energy choices and the protection of workers interests in South Africa The Integrated Energy Plan has been published for public comment and analysis. All stakeholders have been engaging on South Africa’s energy mix, and how it will contribute to sustainable development.
Event Internationalism and future of multilateralism CCR Public dialogue on Powerful Trade Unions: South African Drivers of Regional Economic Growth? The Centre for Conflict Resolution (CCR), Cape Town, in collaboration with the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), Johannesburg invites you and members of your organisation to a public dialogue on Powerful Trade Unions: South African Drivers...
Event Socio Economic Trade unions and Tax Justice The global economic crisis is characterized by massive socio-economic disparities. Oxfam’s (2016) report entitled: An Economy for the 1% concludes that 62 individuals had the same wealth as 3.6 billion people – the bottom half of...
Event Democracy and Political Culture iCre8 Skills Festival – North West Mini economic workshops including financial literacy, CV writing, business funding, etc. will be hosted at the festival based on the needs identified in the asset mapping workshops. Young people who attended the Green Innovation boot...
Event Youth leadership programme The Fort Hare Autumn School on Social Democracy and Political Economy The Fort Hare Autumn School on Social Democracy and Political Economy (FHAS) addresses the relevance of Social Democracy in twenty-first century South Africa: What are its core values and goals, and how can it be put into practice? The...
Event Democracy and Political Culture iCre8 Bootcamp – Kwa-Zulu Natal YouthLab has partnered with sophiatwon Green Incubator and other trainers to create a specific innovation boot camp aimed at encouraging, testing, greening and launching economic innovations for township youth. Ideas can be businesses or...
Event Democracy and Political Culture Activating youth citizens through Public Achievement – Kwa-Zulu Natal In 2015 and 2016, South African young people have challenged the definition of political participation” by extending their political voice beyond voting, party protocols and normative forms of mobilisation. From student protest and the...
Gewerkschaftsmonitor / Südafrika (2025) Berlin : Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Juni 2023- Download publication
Forging strong alliances Adotey Buckman, David ; Essien, Lucy Abotare ; Meissner, Kathrin | Johannesburg : Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Trade Union Competence Centre for Sub-Saharan Africa, [2024] trade unions uniting across Sub-Saharan Africa and Germany Download publication
The quest for equitable multilateralism Mbete, Sithembile | Johannesburg : Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, [2024] mapping South African interests in reforming the global order Download publication
Journalism and elections in Sub-Saharan Africa Santos, Phillip | [Windhoek] : Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, fesmedia Africa, August, 2024 locating the democratic deficit Download publication
