Interactive City Councillor Training workshops at the City of Cape Town Council Chambers make use of our Civics Academy video series on Local Government in South Africa. Skillful facilitation and small groups provide for great opportunities to engage with the material and to discuss practical experience as well.

A series of interactive sessions with leading experts from Africa and beyond is currently under way in the Potential to Prosperity project. It explores possible interventions in relevant policy areas to facilitate inclusive economic growth and reduce poverty on the continent.

Our last Newsletter for 2020 has just been published! It is full of photographs, news about amazing work our partners did over recent months, reports about special events, links to studies, articles and videos. Open it to discover a world of creative, insightful, caring engagement in South Africa and beyond.

In a special interview podcast, Hanns Bühler, the Regional Representative of the Hanns Seidel Foundation in Southern Africa, paints a multi faceted picture of the current situation, policies of governments in tackling Covid-19, and long-term forecasts about the impact the pandemic is expected to have on the continent. He also discusses recommendations to stakeholders and sheds light on German and European policies.

This was the theme of a special Nelson Mandela Foundation dialogue with distinguished speakers from Southern Africa - Tsitsi Dangarembga, award-winning Zimbabwean writer and film-maker, Monica Geingos, First Lady of Namibia, qualified lawyer and accomplished businesswoman, and Graça Machel, former First Lady of South Africa and renowned humanitarian.