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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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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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Join us on 27 September 2021 at 13:00 CAT for the Change Through Music concert together with Bobi Wine Zolani Mahola BANTU MIAGI - Music is a great Investment and Morris Isaacson Centre for Music. Watch here: https://www.freiheit.org/sub-saharan-africa/change-through-music
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We ask, how can women better reach their goals in society, politics or at work? Mphatso Jumbe founded MOVE the first feminist women’s organization which initiated studies to understand why young women do not participate in addressing issues that affect their lives and why in general they do not participate in public life. In the Female Forward profile video, Mphatso says that it is the obligation of every young person to play a role in the development of their nation. In the series that will feature 15 female politicians who are participants of the Africa Liberal Network’s Women’s Leadership Programme for 2021. The programme trains female politicians from ALN member parties to develop knowledge and skills in order to win candidate nominations and upcoming elections, or to be elected to internal party leadership positions. The programme also aims to dismantle barriers to women’s political participation and selection as candidates. #FemaleForward
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HOW TO COUNTER DISINFORMATION: 9️⃣ Diplomacy in the Digital Age: Prioritising cyber foreign policy! Especially authoritarian regimes use disinformation to secure their own hold on power. When disinformation is used by governments, this must be addressed and condemned by the global community. The fight against disinformation must become a stronger aspect of diplomacy and foreign policy. This is true not only because authoritarian regimes and populistic presidents in democracies use disinformation to suppress portions of the population and restrict the freedom of the press, expression and information. Within the scope of capacity building, efforts should be made to especially support countries in the Global South in implementing the cyber standards of the United Nations in their national laws. Among other issues, these standards include respect for human rights with regard to cyberspace. #FreedomFightsFake Download the 10 demands here: https://shop.freiheit.org/#!/Publikation/1054
