DDP Podcasts

Joining us for this episode is Sharon Ekambaram. Sharon is a human rights activist and has been involved in the struggle for social justice through her work. She was one of the founding members of the Treatment Action Campaign in the struggle for affordable treatment for people living with HIV and AIDS, initially targeting big pharma and later against AIDS denialism of the South African government...

In this episode we are joined by Cynthia Chigwenya from the Konrad Adenaur Stiftung and African Union Youth Ambassador. Cynthia is a political researcher and pracademic with experience in international policymaking. Her advocacy is grounded in research, having served at think tanks, and published on topical issues including, Europe-Africa relations, transcontinental infrastructure and climate fina...

Joining us for this episode is Diana Demba-Mutondo. Diana is a young and dynamic woman from Chad that was born in Cote d’Ivoire and raised in Ethiopia, Rwanda, France and South Africa where she currently works for the African Peer Review Mechanism as a researcher and country coordinator. With a background in Marketing and Management, Diana has started up a career in the private sector before joini...

Joining us for this episode is Resident Representive, Gregor Jaecke from KAS South Africa. From January 2019 to April 2022, Gregor Jaecke was the Head of the Syria/Iraq-Office of Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) based in Beirut, Lebanon. Previously, he was posted to Kenya to lead the EU-funded KAS program “ Strengthening the capacities of state and non-state actors for effective decentralized govern...

Joining us for this episode is Prof Anton Harber, Executive Director of the Campaign for Freexpression. Anton was a co-founder and editor of the anti-apartheid newspaper the Weekly Mail (now the Mail & Guardian), Editor-in-Chief of South Africa’s leading television news channel, eNCA, and chief executive of Kagiso Broadcasting. He is board member of the Global Investigative Journalism Network,...

Joining us for this episode is Mr Jacob Stensdal. Mr Jacob Stensdal is the Deputy Head of Mission at the Royal Danish Embassy in South Africa. The Embassy also covers Denmark’s bilateral relations with Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Mr Jacob Stensdal has i.a. previously held the positions of Political and Press Advisor at Invest in Denmark and Senior...

Season 2 is here. Joining us for our first episode is DDP Executive Director - Dr Paul Kariuki. Dr Kariuki shares with us the 2023 vision of DDP and unpacks South Africa's democratic journey, along with DDP's contribution to that journey. Don't forget to check out our social media pages to stay updated with the year's activities.

Joining us for this episode is Tali Nates, founder and director of the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre. www.jhbholocaust.co.za

Joining us for today's podcast is H.E. Håkan Juholt, Swedish Ambassador to South Africa. This episode was done in collaboration with the Emerging Scholars Initiative Press: https://esipress.up.ac.za/

Joining us in this episode is David Kabwa to discuss Migration in the 21st Century. Migration Conference details: 29 September 2022 08:30 Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMvc-6tqD0qH9BrVFRA7iQK9Y75aik6YOsg Mr Kabwa's Bio David Kabwa is currently a student at the University of Pretoria pursuing a Master’s Degree in Diplomatic Studies under the Centre For Mediation in Africa. He...

Joining us for this episode is Zainab Olaitan. Zainab Olaitan is a PhD candidate in the department of political sciences, University of Pretoria where she is researching the impact of gender quotas on the substantive representation of women in African politics. She obtained her first degree in Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Political Science with First class honours from the University of Lagos. Za...

Head of Policy and Research at Rivonia Circle, Lukhona Mnguni joins us for this episode. With the DDP Civic Education Conference coming up on 27 July 2022, Lukhona speaks to us about the path to the 2024 elections. The theme for this year's conference is 'The Role of Observers during Elections.' Join us for the event here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZclcOquqTkrEtMqZWENRi2AB-KBIZvm-5...

This is a Political Summit special episode. The Political Summit will be on 14 July 2022 at 08:00 and the topic discussed in this podcast is the Summit's theme. You can join the Summit over Zoom through this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAoce2trzIrHtNJVzv9DORmptGCbUR64sz3 or catch it on the DDP Facebook LIVE. About our guest: Sphamandla Mhlongo currently serves as the Senior Pro...

Joining us for this episode is Thabo Shingange to discuss the relationship between democratic activism and young people in South Africa. Mr Shingange is an activist, academic, analyst, PhD candidate and Higher Education consultant. His other accolades include: -FMF activist -Former UP President (2016) -Mandela-Rhodes Scholar (2017) -Former SAUS National Spokesperson (2021) -Covid 19 Higher Educati...

In this episode, Dr Sithembile Mbete joins us to speak about populism in the era of democratic decline. Sithembile is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Political Sciences at the University of Pretoria where she teaches international relations and South African politics and an Associate Fellow of the Centre for Governance Innovation. She is also a visiting researcher at the African Leadership...

In this episode, Ms Heather Thuynsma joins to discuss South Africa's 28 year democratic journey. Heather Thuynsma holds a BA and a BA Honours from the University of the Witwatersrand, received her MA in applied politics from the University of Akron (Ohio, USA), and attended the Women’s Campaign School at the Yale Law School to complete her specialisation in fundraising and political campaign strat...

In this episode, DDP's Executive Director - Dr Paul Kariuki - discusses the relevance of democracy at a time where it seems to not matter. The episode explores the sufficiency of established democratic mechanisms and what they mean for South Africa's young democracy.