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OSF-SA Celebrates 25 Years of Grant Making in South Africa.

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Open Society Foundation for South Africa

3 days ago

"In the [sexual harassment] cases that we've done in the last two years, we've shown that we can really have an impact and change workplaces for women." - Be sure to read the interview with Charlene May, an attorney at the Women's Legal Centre (WLC), which highlights the important work for South African women’s rights that both Charlene and the WLC do. We are proud to have the WLC as a grantee. ... See MoreSee Less

She is changing the world. Her name is Charlene May | IOL News

Charlene May's childhood on the Cape Flats laid the foundation for a life of activism and a commitment to fighting for the rights of women.

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Open Society Foundation for South Africa

4 days ago

Daily Maverick gives insight to Human Rights Watch’s new report: ‘Why Sex Work Should be Decriminalised in South Africa’, which makes important use of studies by the Sex Workers Education and Advocacy Taskforce (SWEAT), an OSF-SA grantee. The report says South African authorities are compromising the safety and well-being of sex workers and leave them open to sexual and physical abuse. ... See MoreSee Less

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH: The case for decriminalising sex work

Human Rights Watch has released its report ‘Why Sex Work Should be Decriminalised in South Africa’. The report says South African authorities are compromising the safety and well-being of sex workers and leave them open to sexual and physical abuse.

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Open Society Foundation for South Africa

5 days ago

702 invited Thami Nkosi from the Right2Know Campaign to speak about the recent march staged by the Marikana Support Campaign, another of our grantees. Friday August 16th marked the seventh anniversary of the Marikana massacre, with many still seeking justice for the miners slain. ... See MoreSee Less

Marikana Support Campaign protests at Mogwase court

Right to Know wants the Farlam Commission report into the massacre to be made public.

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Open Society Foundation for South Africa

6 days ago

The Development Action Group (DAG), an OSF-SA grantee, has accused the City of Cape Town with using any “legal loophole” to block redressing the apartheid spatial injustice. This following their recent rowback on five social housing developments. ... See MoreSee Less

City of Cape Town accused of ‘blatantly lying’ about housing developments | Weekend Argus

Spatial planning justice activists have dismissed as “blatant lies” the reasons offered by the City of Cape Town for its ...

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Open Society Foundation for South Africa

1 week ago

Equal Education, the Equal Education Law Centre and Section27 (all OSF-SA grantees) have made a joint submission to the State Capture Commission, detailing alleged corruption and fraud in the country’s public education system. IOL News has the full report. ... See MoreSee Less

Education activists make submissions to state capture commission | IOL News

Three education activist groups made a joint written submission to the commission detailing alleged corruption and fraud ...

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2 weeks ago

Demand networks guarantee data will fall if they get spectrum ... See MoreSee Less

Demand networks guarantee data will fall if they get spectrum

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South Africa: Decriminalise Sex Work

Sex workers in South Africa face arrest, detention, harassment, and abuse from police, which also deters them from reporting rape or other brutal attacks against them. All over the world we and other rights groups find the same patterns of abuse where sex work is criminalised.

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Open Society Foundation for South Africa

2 months ago

Released as part of our #OpenSocietySA25 celebrations, ‘Voices From the Field’ is a short film tribute to the incredible work of our grantees. You can watch the video below. #OSFSAcivilsociety ... See MoreSee Less

Open Society for South Africa Grantees: Voices From the Field

A short film as tribute to the work of some OSF-SA grantees in celebration of turning 25.

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Open Society Foundation for South Africa

2 months ago

OSF-SA’s outgoing Executive Director, Fatima Hassan, and Board Chairperson, Yasmin Carrim, are together hosting a panel discussion to highlight the road forward for the Foundation. #OSFSAcivilsociety ... See MoreSee Less

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Open Society Foundation for South Africa

2 months ago

Must-watch: 'A Philanthropy Born in South Africa' - Highlights from our Turning 25 events in late 2018. #OpenSocietySA25 #OSFSAcivilsociety ... See MoreSee Less

A Philanthropy Born in South Africa: Highlights from #OpenSocietySA25 Events

In 2018, the Open Society Foundations celebrated 25 years of grant making in South Africa with a series of activities, grantee led tours, panel discussions, ...

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Open Society Foundation for South Africa

2 months ago

This report consolidates some of the critical contributions of the Open Society Foundations’ philanthropic investments in South Africa over more than 25 years. It was commissioned as part of our #OpenSocietySA25 celebrations. #OSFSAcivilsociety ... See MoreSee Less

OSF-SA Publications

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Open Society Foundation for South Africa

3 months ago

Our OSF-SA 2018 Annual Report is now available, also commemorating 25 years of grant making in South Africa. #OpenSocietySA25 ... See MoreSee Less

Latest Annual Reports OSF-SA 2018 Annual Report "The year 2018 was a complex one politically, with regular and persistent threats to free media, incoherent government policies and decisions, allegations of state capture being brought into the open, and a lack of leadership in government and the ruli...

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Open Society Foundation for South Africa

4 months ago

In 2018, Open Society Foundation for South Africa issued grants to a range of partners to initiate novel interventions with the goal to ensure voters are informed and empowered when casting their vote on May 8th 2019. Visit our #SAElections2019 website below for more information on what our grantees and fellows are doing to educate voters. ... See MoreSee Less

#SAElections2019

In 2018, the Open Society Foundation for South Africa issued grants to a range of partners to initiate novel interventions that will ensure voters are informed and empowered

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Open Society Foundation for South Africa

4 months ago

The University of KwaZulu-Natal have established the “Election Watch Desk” in order to provide a platform that generates and distributes content on issues affecting elections for multiple audiences, and coordinates civil society activity in the run up to the #SAElections2019. ... See MoreSee Less

University of Kwazulu-Natal: Maurice Webb Race Relations Unit

The Maurice Webb Race Relations Unit is a research institute specialising in socio-economic and socio-political, demographic research, monitoring and evaluation studies, impact assessment research and health research. The Unit has been in existence since 1985. @WatchZA2019 mauricewebb.ukzn.ac.za #El...

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Open Society Foundation for South Africa

4 months ago

OpenUpSA and Social Surveys Africa are piloting an innovative and interactive model of generating online polling data, and feeding the results back into media to stimulate greater youth engagement and public participation in the #SAElections2019. ... See MoreSee Less

OpenUp and Social Surveys Africa

OPENUP is in NPO that builds tools, opens up data and provides training that supports active citizenry and helps communities and government to work together. @OpenUpSA openup.org.za SOCIAL SURVEYS INSTITUTE is an NPO that provides communities with easily accessible data through processes that act

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Open Society Foundation for South Africa

4 months ago

My Vote Counts works to improve the accountability, transparency and inclusiveness around #SAElections2019. This includes enhancing awareness of critical subjects that the electorate should have access to when deciding who to vote for. ... See MoreSee Less

My Vote Counts (MVC) works to improve the accountability, transparency and inclusiveness of elections and politics in the Republic of South Africa. MVC works to ensure that the political and electoral systems are open, fair and accountable to the public and that they remain relevant in the changing....

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Open Society Foundation for South Africa

4 months ago

The KwaZulu-Natal Council of Churches, uses the church’s unique structure and presence in communities to encourage engagement in issues of governance, democracy and human rights. Their latest project seeks to help eligible voters in the rural areas of KwaZulu-Natal to understand their role in the deepening of democracy in South Africa through their participation in the #SAElections2019. ... See MoreSee Less

KwaZulu-Natal Council of Churches

The KZNCC is a provincial fellowship of churches and church-based organisations, established in 1996 as part of the South African Council og Churches. KZNCC uses the Church’s unique structure and presence communities to encourage engagement in issues of governance, democracy and human rights. kznc...

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Open Society Foundation for South Africa

4 months ago

Grassroot enables communities in South Africa to give effect to participatory democracy, by building and deploying simple technology and connecting it to ongoing field work. For the #SAElections2019, they have connected national media to on the ground reality and done field work to promote voter education. ... See MoreSee Less

Grassroot enables communities in South Africa to give effect to participatory democracy by building and deploying simple technology and connecting it to ongoing field work. @grassrootza www.grassroot.org.za Ground-up Manifestos ABOUT THE PROJECT Grassroot will: Pilot a new approach for connecting na...

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Open Society Foundation for South Africa

4 months ago

Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa- Zimbabwe has implemented several projects supporting and evaluating the #SAElections2019. They have also planned a post-election review to bring together all the key electoral stakeholders, and evaluate the conduct and issues that emerged from the 2019 elections through critical reflection and review. ... See MoreSee Less

Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa

EISA strives for excellence in the promotion of credible elections, citizen participation, and strong political institutions for sustainable democracy in Africa. www.eisa.org.za Election Analysis Room ABOUT THE PROJECT EISA is implementing several projects supporting and evaluating the 2019 South Af...

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Open Society Foundation for South Africa

4 months ago

The Women and Democracy Initiative at the Dullah Omar Institute, takes an intersectional feminist approach to strengthening deliberative democracy in South Africa. This election period, they worked towards shifting political focus on realising women and gender rights through infusing systematic feminist analysis and strategy into questions of governance and leadership during the #SAElections2019. ... See MoreSee Less

Dullah Omar Institute: Women and Democracy Initiative

The Women and Democracy Initiative takes an intersectional feminist approach to strengthening deliberative democracy in South Africa. The WDI focusses on the realisation of the range of gender and women’s rights, including citizenship and participation rights. dullahomarinstitute.org.za/women-and-...

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Open Society Foundation for South Africa

4 months ago

The Citizen Justice Network has partnered with a number of organisations around the country to help produce quality election coverage for community radio stations. Their main objective is to train journalists from Kwazulu-Natal to help them produce independent #SAElections2019 content. ... See MoreSee Less

Citizen Justice Network

CJN trains community paralegals to be radio journalists in South Africa and Kenya. @CitizenJusticeN citizenjusticenetwork.org Election Reporting Project ABOUT THE PROJECT Citizen Justice Network (CJN) works with community radio stations all around the country. Community radio speaks particularly to....

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Open Society Foundation for South Africa

4 months ago

The Big Debate South Africa is a popular South African television debate series that focuses on unpacking key topics such as land, election campaigns, energy governance, corruption, gender based violence and other pertinent issues, in order to educate the public in the lead up to the #SAElections2019. ... See MoreSee Less

Blackstripe Media Foundation

The Big Debate is one of South Africa’s most popular current affairs talk shows with a large audience reach and presence on social media and radio. @BigDebateSA bigdebate.live/watch The Big Debate ABOUT THE PROJECT The Big Debate South Africa, produced by the Blackstripe

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Open Society Foundation for South Africa

4 months ago

In the six months leading up to the #SAElections2019, Africa Check has worked towards providing voters with reliable non-partisan information on key campaign issues by tackling misinformation circulating in traditional and social media, and providing voters with reliable information on key campaign issues. ... See MoreSee Less

Africa Check is the continent’s first non-partisan fact-checking organisation, set up to promote honesty in public debate and the media across the continent. Its main office is in South Africa. Africa Check exists to promote accuracy and honesty in public debate and the media in Africa and to enab...

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Open Society Foundation for South Africa

4 months ago

SAEditorsForum - SANEF promotes excellence in journalism through fighting for media freedom, writing policy submissions, research, education and training programmes. They have designed an #SAElections2019 portal that can be accessed from the SANEF website, which includes election materials specifically designed for South African journalists. ... See MoreSee Less

South African National Editors’ Forum

The South African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF) is a non-profit organisation whose members are editors, senior journalists and journalism trainers from all areas of the South African media. SANEF are committed to championing South Africa’s hard-won freedom of expression and promoting quality, ...

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Open Society Foundation for South Africa

4 months ago

Radio remains an important medium for sharing information and serving disadvantaged, rural and marginalised communities. Children's Radio Foundation and Wits Radio Academy, in partnership with MDDA - Media Development & Diversity Agency, have trained 121 station managers and community media journalists from 69 community radio stations from across South Africa. #SAElections2019 ... See MoreSee Less

Children’s Radio Foundation and Wits Radio Academy

The Children’s Radio Foundation uses radio to create opportunities for youth dialogue, leadership and active citizenship through training mentorship and broadcast opportunities. Utilizing the platform of community radio stations allows young reporters to amplify youth experiences and opinions on t...

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