Live or Dead Aid – Who is responsible for development in Africa?

Who is responsible for development in Africa?
This is the question I’m mulling over, after a presentation by Dr Dambisa Moyo, author of Dead Aid.  The book has caused quite some controversy, not least among NGOs and recipients of the aid that Moyo critiques.
Foreign aid is a complex subject and one that has many vested interests. [...]

Action for a Safe South Africa

Action for a Safe South Africa is a new initiative of Idasa and other partners. One of the primary aims of the movement is to encourage citizens to be more active in creating safe communities in which we can live without fear. What do you think can be done to create a safer [...]

Constitution must become a living reality for the poor

“It is all too easy to put the poor into a category, a mental ghetto of sorts, and leave them to eke out their existence, hoping that the government will make good on its promises to address the issues: lack of housing, hunger, denial of the basic rights to education and indeed to the hope [...]

Defending the Constitution

Idasa has endorsed the following statement, drafted by Kader Asmal. The SA Constitution is only as strong as the ability of ordinary citizens to use it. Words such as these are an important part of making a Constitution a living document, but words alone are not enough.
We need to be thinking about this [...]