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Citizenship and Democracy
“Citizenship and Democracy” is a training manual published in 1997 by the Institute for Democracy in South Africa (IDSA). The manual provides a guide for lesson plans that educators can use to teach about citizens' rights, the South African bill of rights, and how citizens can play a role in their own democracy.
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Decentralization Laws Creating The Foi Communes of Mali
Decentralization Laws Creating The Foi Communes of Mali
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Truth Talk
This is the November 1996 edition of South Africa’s “Truth Talk,” a publication of the country’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The magazine focuses on reparations for civil rights violations of the past and includes a piece by Arch Bishop Desmond Tutu, the Commission’s chairperson. There is also a section on individuals’ reactions to the work of the Commission. A second topic of this magazine was the granting of amnesty to South African’s who had perpetrated human rights violations while under orders. This piece was published two years after the 1994 elections in South Africa, the first to feature universal adult suffrage.
Election Material
Election and Political Party Law
Government Gazette No. 17478 President's office
Government Gazette No. 17478 President's office
Election Material
Election and Political Party Law
Government Gazette - Staatskoerant - Vol 376 No 17478 - Kantoor Van Die President No 1602 - No 51 Van 1996: Wet Op Die Verkiesingskommissie
Government Gazette - Staatskoerant - Vol 376 No 17478 - Kantoor Van Die President No 1602 - No 51 Van 1996: Wet Op Die Verkiesingskommissie
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Juluka
This April/May 1996 issue of “Juluka” focuses on the link between turbulence in South Africa’s economy and its uncertain political landscape. Anxieties regarding the health of President Mandela and trepidation towards the fiscal policies of his potential successor, Deputy-President Thabo Mbeki, have been cited as possible reasons for the economic struggles. This issue of “Juluka” also focuses on South African youth and the Orlando West community center.
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Democracy in Action
Democracy in Action is the Journal of the Institute for Democracy in South Africa. This volume published in March 1996 includes articles on local government, democracy, and human rights.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Local Government Elections in the Metro & TLC Areas
This flier informs citizens in South Africa about the 1996 local government elections in the metro and TLC areas. It addresses what citizens are voting for in the local elections, what they need to vote, and how to vote in both English and Zulu.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Thukela Local Government Election 29 May 1996
In preparation for the Thuleka local government elections on May 29th 1996, this newsletter was distributed in order to educate Thuleka residents to participate and vote. Information such as voting rules and instructions and functions of the offices up for election are supplemented with illustrations reinforcing this basic elections knowledge. This newsletter was published by the Institute for Democracy in Africa in 1996 and is written in both English and Zulu.