Over the last decades parliamentary democracy has been eroded, with MPs serving narrow political party interests above those of the public. MPs, opposition and ANC, seemed toothless, and, not having a clear understanding of the authority the Constitution vests in them, were unable to use parliamentary processes to hold government to account. 2024, an election […]
In 2005 we were the first funder of the Africa Center for Cities established by Edgar Pieterse (one of our Reference Group). This has grown to be one of the most prestigious organisations of its kind globally. More formally the AC has, in partnership and in support, from 2017 been actively engaged in this space
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Africa Centre has from our inception been concerned by the quality of life of our citizens. Poverty, joblessness and resulting trauma have increased with time. We have facilitated, funded and partnered with a range of individuals and organisations. Investigating and proposing changes in practice and legislation. The successful and profitable outcome of a deliberate and
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The Spier Contemporary has been produced twice, both as an exhibition and as a competition in 2008 and 2010. It was conceived to provide a platform for South African visual and performance artists in every kind of medium, from the more traditional, such as painting and sculpture, to performance art and new media installations, to
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SPARCK was a Pan-African initiative of experimental multi-disciplinary residencies, workshops, symposia, exhibitions, publications and performances centred on innovative, ethically driven approaches to urban space. The project involves a number of cities in Africa and beyond: Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo; Aba, Nigeria; Touba, Senegal; Karachi, Pakistan; Dubai, UAE, and Guangzhou, China. Functioning as a triennial project, which started in 2008, its three-year
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This project attempts to stake a claim to what African music is and can be. The Pan-African Space Station(PASS) began with an annual 30-day musical intervention through a free-form radio station and in unexpected venues across greater Cape Town. The idea behind the project is to embrace the lineages that shape music-making on and from Africa
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