A Philanthropy Born in South Africa: Highlights from #OpenSocietySA25 Events
Over three days, we were joined by over 200 grantees, donors, the Open Society Foundation network, staff and board members including the Soros family.
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06, 2019
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06, 2019
Community Advice Offices Call for Proposals
Following the March 2019 workshop on People Power: Access to Justice and Legal Empowerment hosted by the Open Society Foundation for South Africa (OSF-SA), we invite proposals and innovative project ideas from organisations that would like to develop, and lead national and international advocacy efforts designed to promote the statutory recognition, regulation and the provision of public funding for community justice services in South Africa.
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05, 2019
#SAElections2019 website portal launched
Our partners have set up a range of projects for voters to access the information they need to make an informed decision come Election Day.
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03, 2019
SAN’s Growth and Innovation of Social Audits in South Africa
Amazing video update by the Social Audit Network on how social audits have grown in size in Ekurhuleni, been implemented in Johannesburg and the Eastern Cape, and how they’ve been applied to infrastructure and mining.
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02, 2019
‘In Good Company?’ 3rd Edition
The third edition of our publication ‘In Good Company?’ focuses on understanding the current benefit-sharing system in South Africa’s mining industry and navigates opportunities for equitable sharing of revenues with affected communities.
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02, 2019
ActionAid South Africa Baseline Social Audit Report
This report results from a project undertaken by ActionAid South Africa and the Mine Affected Communities United in Action (MACUA) movement to conduct and scale-up social audit work in mine-affected communities, using this tool to hold both the state and private sector to account.
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01, 2019
OSF-SA Special Call for Proposals: “A comparative analysis of Anglo Gold Ashanti’s human rights record in Southern Africa, West Africa and East Africa”
Investigating and documenting the human rights record of Anglo Gold Ashanti in Southern Africa, West Africa and East Africa with a view to understand entry points for civil society to initiate advocacy interventions and demand cross-border accountability for any violations at regional and continental levels.
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01, 2019
MVC welcomes signing of Political Party Funding Bill
President Cyril Ramaphosa signed the Political Party Funding Bill into law. The signing of this Bill is a truly historic event in South Africa’s political history.
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01, 2019
Between the Lines: #SONA2019 (Un)interrupted
Join the Open Society Foundation for South Africa (OSF-SA) and a panel of exciting analysts over breakfast to unpack what is said (and what is not) during the State of the Nation Address 2019.
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11, 2018
Announcement on 2019 Grant Cycle Calls for OSF-SA
Following the first OSF-SA Grantee Survey that OSF-SA concluded earlier this year and the recommendations included in the responses to that Survey from grantee organisations, we wanted to let you know that we have heard our grantees and that we will amend the process by which we accept grant applications to make it simpler for our grantees to apply for funding from OSF-SA.