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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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HOW TO COUNTER DISINFORMATION: 10 Strategic Demands! 5️⃣ A MODERN CONSTITUTIONAL STATE. Illegal content such as incitement of hatred, defamation or insults must be punished by the judiciary. This requires an increase of resources in the judicial system. This approach means a general increase in posts for judges and public prosecutors, but especially in the organisational units spe-cialised in cyberspace. In Germany, special units such as the Central and Contact Point for Cybercrime of the General Public Prosecutor’s Office in Cologne (ZAC) in North Rhine-Westphalia have been created. These show that the bundling of competences leads to very good results in the investigation and prosecution of criminal offences. Among others, one basis for investigations is an enforceable right to information against social media platforms and cooperation with publishers and platform operators (see point 4). Overall, the judiciary must become more digital (catchword: e-Justice). The technical infrastructure must correspond to the current state of technology. This will speed up the proceed-ings and reduce the work load in certain areas. Legal research must more thoroughly examine existing approaches to the legal handling of disinformation, especially in the area of election interference and international law. Existing laws must be scientifically evaluated at the national level with regard to their effects. #FreedomFightsFake Download the 10 demands here: https://shop.freiheit.org/#!/Publikation/1054
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"WE ARE THE ONES we have been waiting for. We're the ones who rise up against Extra-judicial Killings. We are are from the tribe called Human Rights." A human rights slam poetry recital by human rights defender Ndungi Githuku. The contents of the poem were assembled by human rights defenders from across sub-saharan Africa and facilitated by regional human rights champion, Ms Njeri Kabeberi.
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In our next series of episodes of the Let's Talk Human Rights podcast, we will introduce you to the very people who actively stand up for human rights in Africa despite strong headwinds, and the work they do as Human Rights Defenders. In episode 6, host Nangamso Kwinana is joined by Elvis Wepngong and Nora Shuyeh from Cameroon as well as Dr Michaela Lissowsky who is a Senior Advisor for Human Rights, Politics and the Rule of Law at the Friedrich Naumann Foundation. Dr Lissowsky features first in the episode however, to explain the concept of Human Rights Defenders in more detail. You can listen in here (also available on iTunes and Spotify): https://iono.fm/e/1073985
