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In Südafrika unterstützt die Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung wegweisende empirische Forschungsprojekte, Publikationen und Rundtischgespräche, die eine alternative Plattform für Debatten und den freien Austausch von Ideen bieten. Diese Aktivitäten befassen sich mit den sozialen und wirtschaftlichen Herausforderungen, mit denen Südafrika in seiner weiteren Entwicklung konfrontiert ist. Sie zielen darauf ab, praktische politische Empfehlungen und Lösungen anzubieten. Ein wichtiger Teil der Arbeit der Stiftung in Südafrika konzentriert sich auf die Zusammenarbeit mit der Democratic Alliance (DA) - Südafrikas liberale Stimme.
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Cry, the beloved country – Impfchaos in Südafrika
Die zweite Welle der Corona-Pandemie hat Südafrika mit voller Wucht erfasst. Doch die Regierung hat weder einen Plan zur Beschaffung von Impfstoffen, noch zur Verteilung. Massenimpfungen erfordern monatelange Vorbereitung, die Einrichtung von komplexen Steuerungssystemen sowie den strategischen Einsatz von Ressourcen. Keine dieser notwendigen Vorbereitungen hat bisher stattgefunden. Aufgrund des Versagens der südafrikanischen Regierung droht eine nie dagewesene Gesundheitskrise, analysiert Cecelia Kok.
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South Africa's Dark Past and Present with Judge Edwin Cameron
In this very first episode, we start our journey in South Africa. We interview the well renowned South African lawyer and retired judge from South Africa’s Constitutional Court, Judge Edwin Cameron, who is in conversation with Nangamso Kwinana of the Africa Liberal Network. Judge Cameron gives us deep insights into South Africa's dark past and discusses the current human rights problems.
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Covid-19 and Fake News Survey in South Africa
The Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom in Germany conduct an international survey on the topic "Coronavirus and Disinformation" as part of the global #FreedomFightsFake campaign against disinformation and fake news. Besides Germany, the survey was conducted on 7,300 in the USA, Mexico, South Africa, India, Jordan and the Philippines.
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Green Businesses in South Africa Get One-Stop Info Hub
GreenCape and the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom have launched a green business directory aimed at South African businesses. The South African sector development agency, GreenCape, and the German Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom have built on a one-stop digital water hub they started in 2019 in response to the drought conditions dominating life in the Western Cape.
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Why a Liberal Party is Needed Now (in South Africa) More Than Ever
In South Africa today there often is a deep fear, for some of the reasons I described above and for another I will address shortly, for falling on the wrong side, not of ideology, but of political fashion or for daring to venture outside the strict limits demarcated for debate by the new thought police.
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Despite Challenges, Democracy in South Africa is Alive and Well
FNF Africa, with our delegation, which had official IEC accreditation and consisted of 19 observers representing more than 15 countries including Denmark, Germany, South Africa, Kenya, Myanmar, India, Czech Republic, Netherlands, Zimbabwe, Finland and Lebanon (of politicians, civil society activists, media and staff), will continue to monitor the process further ie. the counting of votes, and the follow-up of the elections including the forming of governments. We shall coordinate with other accredited observer missions.
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South Africa’s Elections - A test of Hope in a changing Society
Since South Africa became a free country in 1994 under the leadership of then President Nelson Mandela, the country’s politics was generally easy to understand, and elections relatively easy to predict. They were simply a test of the current popularity of the governing African National Congress (ANC).
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Falling Walls Lab is coming to Cape Town. Pitch your innovative idea showcasing a breakthrough that creates a positive impact on science & society. All students, entrepreneurs, junior researchers and academics can apply. On offer are 1st, 2nd and 3rd place cash prizes as well as an opportunity to pitch your idea to an international audience. Apply by 30 August 202: https://cutt.ly/Nn0XvpM University of Cape Town University of Johannesburg Wits - University of the Witwatersrand University of Pretoria
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Ethiopia is to hold elections on Monday, 21 June 2021. The elections have been postponed twice already citing COVID-19 and delayes by the electoral commission. There are calls for the elections to be postponed with the human rights crisis in the Tigaray region being one of the main concerns. It has also been reported that some opposition groups may boycott, whist some opposition leaders and independent candidates cannot contest because they are in jail.
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This #YOUTHDAY2021 the FNF Liberal Workshop in Cape Town hosted a youth voices workshop. Azola Ndongeni who is in the 2021 Democratic Alliance Young Leaders programme facilitated the session as her annual #freedom project. She invited 14 school leaders who have an interest in politics to participate in the session. They went through intensive advocacy training. The next step in the programme is that they are to meet with a Shadow Members of Provincial and National Parliament. The aim is to inspire the potential future young parliamentarians and to encourage these young leaders to speak truth to power as they engage their mentors in parliament.
