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The 2016 Local Government Elections have come and gone. Political parties have elected their representatives and are ready to move on with business as usual. However, the political landscape has remained very fractured. We have seen political coalitions govern a number of metros and local municipalities.

The growing public spats battle between disgruntled ANC members and the pro-Jacob Zuma fraction are now the centre of conversation for most South Africans. There is a real danger; that unless civil societies and all citizens engage each other to understand better the meaning of these political ripples, the nation risks to seriously compromise her hard won democracy.

The civil society sector cannot be silent. It is time to re-assess our strategy of how to engage and remain proactively vigilant.

Join us for a post-elections civil society conversation to explore the possibilities this present political landscape provides to us as a sector whose main responsibility is to guard our democracy.