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26 May 2012
                       
 
 
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22 May 2012
 
 
Egypt vote monitors say allowed to start work
ELECTIONS
Egyptian authorities have finally allowed observers of this week's presidential election to start work, monitoring groups said on Tuesday, too late for them to draw a full picture of Egypt's first...
 
 
10 Feb 2012
 
 
 
Some emerging political trends
VIDEO
The Electoral Institute for the Sustainability of Democracy in Africa's manager for Governance Institutions & Processes, Ebrahim Fakir, provides insight into some of the political trends that...
 
 
07 Feb 2012
 
 
 
State of the Nation – Pre-address analysis
VIDEO
Electoral Institute for the Sustainability of Democracy in Africa manager for Governance Institutions & Processes, Ebrahim Fakir, provides an analysis of what he hopes President Jacob Zuma's State...
 
 
01 Feb 2012
 
 
 
Greater substantive democracy needed in wake of DRC elections
DEMOCRATISATION
Delegates attending an ambassadorial forum on Tuesday were told that merely holding elections was not enough to formalise and institutionalise democracy in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)....
 
 
02 Jun 2011
 
 
 
Local Government Elections – An analysis by Ebrahim Fakir
VIDEO
Creamer Media’s Shannon de Ryhove speaks to Ebrahim Fakir, Manager for Governance Institutions and Processes at the Electoral Institute for the Sustainability of Democracy in Africa, who provides...
 
 
12 May 2011
 
Level of citizen satisfaction with local government sharply declining
LOCAL ELECTIONS
Since the 2006 local government elections, community satisfaction with the performance of local government to fulfill key functions has declined sharply.
 
 
26 Nov 2010
 
 
 
Obstacles remain in implementing Zimbabwe’s GPA
COALITION POLITICS
A number of challenges remained in the implementation of the Global Political Agreement (GPA) – the accord that laid the foundation for Zimbabwe’s coalition government in 2008 – mainly...
 
 
07 Sep 2010
 
 
 
The politics of the public servant strike
VIDEO
In this video clip, the Electoral Institute for the Sustainability of Democracy in Africa's Ebrahim Fakir, speaks on the politics of the public service strike and its effect on the tripartite...
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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