Welcome to the DDP

The DDP was initiated in 1993 as a partner project of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation of Germany. For the last 16 years it has been a non-partisan non-profit organisation, supporting capacity building on governance and civil society levels to ensure that both are empowered for meaningful participation in South Africa’s social transformation.

Since its inception DDP has been committed to the promotion of the following principles:
  • Citizen participation & political awareness
  • A culture of human rights & good governance
  • Decentralised and pluralist government

Public Dialogues & Fora: Political forums are aimed at creating a platform for dialogue and debate between leaders, experts, academic and civil society. These debates seek to advocate accountability and public participation.

Public forum discussion on electricity policy in post-apartheid South Africa

Thursday, November 26, 2009, Southern Sun, Elangeni, Durban

The discussion was to assess the redistributional effects of the post-apartheid South African state’s electricity policy, how it is gendered and its impact on grassroots political activism. Professor Greg Ruiters (Institute of Social and Economic Research /Rhodes Univ.), Ms. Nthabiseng Mohlokoana (Democracy and Governance/HSRC) and Mr. Trevor Ngwane (Soweto Electricity Crisis Committee) presented at the forum.

      
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