http://www.kas.de/suedafrika/en/ webfriend.de en http://www.kas.de/suedafrika/en/pages/12134/ On 14 March 2013 the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung in Johannesburg presented her sponsored publication ‘Friend or Foe? Dominant Party Systems in Southern Africa’. The comparative collection of articles deals with dominant party systems in Southern Africa and overseas. In a panel discussion with the editor, Dr Nicola de Jager, participants learnt about how dominant party systems influence political, social and economic development in the Southern African countries. Fri, 15 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0100 tag:kas.de,2013-03-15:meldung:37024 http://www.kas.de/suedafrika/en/pages/12116/ The Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung invited the chairman of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) youth organisation, Mkhuleko Hlengwa, to a symposium on the occasion of the 70th birthday of former German President, Horst Köhler, in Berlin. Being the youngest parliamentarian in the South African National Assembly, Hlengwa participated on 7 March 2013 in a panel discussion on perspectives of the youth in Africa. Mon, 11 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0100 tag:kas.de,2013-03-11:meldung:36931 The country office of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung in South Africa on 15 Februrary 2013 hosted a breakfast meeting to welcome its three new scholars from the Southern African region and their mentors. Gillian Chigumira, Matshabana Mothiane and Rebecca Ramsamy are doing an internship at the renowned KAS partner, South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA), alongside their master studies in international relations at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. Fri, 15 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0100 tag:kas.de,2013-02-15:meldung:36676 http://www.kas.de/suedafrika/en/events/53656/ Under the auspices of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung and the FW de Klerk Foundation on a conference in Cape Town parliamentarians, academics, journalists and representatives of civil society discussed the values enshrined in the South African constitution such as non-racialism, human dignity, equality, the Rule of Law and multi-party democracy. Former State President and Nobel Peace laureate, F.W. de Klerk, called on his fellow countrymen to unite behind their Constitution. Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0100 tag:kas.de,2013-02-12:meldung:36634 On 31 January 2013 the President of the Congress of the People (COPE), Mosiua Lekota MP, met with the resident representative of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) in South Africa, Dr Holger Dix, and Trainee Marius Glitz for consultations at the KAS office in Johannesburg. The former Prime Minister of the Freestate province and appointed South African Minister of Defence expressed his interest in cooperating with KAS. Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0100 tag:kas.de,2013-01-31:meldung:36511 Michael Lorke (27) has started his internship at the KAS-office in Cape Town in January. He studied political science at the University of Heidelberg and will support the Foundation's work until the end of March. His focus of interest lies on the topics of International Relations and Security Policy. Sun, 27 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0100 tag:kas.de,2013-01-27:meldung:36607 The partner organisation of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung in South Africa, South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA), in a study by the „Think Tank und Civil Societies“ programme at the University of Pennsylvania, has been awarded best think tank in sub-Saharan Africa. Since 1934 SAIIA is one of the best reputed institutes in South African political research and consultancy. We congratulate our partner to its success and wish all the best for our future cooperation. Thu, 24 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0100 tag:kas.de,2013-01-24:meldung:36436 http://www.kas.de/suedafrika/en/events/53090/ Within southern Africa there has been a steady increase in the number of dominant party systems- systems where one party dominates over a prolonged period in an ostensibly democratic system with regular elections. The authors of this KAS-funded book, published by Juta, analyse how these dominant party systems influence the quality of democracy by comparing selected country case studies across the globe. Thu, 29 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0100 tag:kas.de,2012-11-29:meldung:35909 http://www.kas.de/suedafrika/en/publications/32925/ The Democracy Development Programme, a long term partner of Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, wrapped up its 2012 political forums by partnering with local radio station Gagasi FM to host a public panel discussion on the recent spate of political killings and violence in KZN. The invited panel, consisting of party leaders across the political spectrum, reflected on the root causes for political violence in the province and on what needs to be done to curb it. Thu, 29 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0100 tag:kas.de,2012-11-29:meldung:35908 http://www.saiia.org.za/feature/research-internship-programme-2013.html The KAS/SAIIA research internship programme provides successful candidates with the opportunity to enroll for a masters degree by course work in International Relations, Political Science, Economics, Law or Journalism at the University of the Witwatersrand, while simultaneously working at the prestigious South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA), one of the top think tanks in Africa. Applications are now open! Mon, 09 Jul 2012 00:00:00 +0200 tag:kas.de,2012-07-09:meldung:34328