democracy

Elections in Zambia

Chrispin — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:57:59 +0000

In his maiden speech Banda was quick to say that he was glad

Citizen Journalism Theory and Use

What a day!

brett — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:04:32 +0000

I need to write this while it's all fresh. What a day! This morning I woke up and turned on the TV, to see John McCain giving his speech conceding defeat on the US presidentlal election.

Mobile Tech in Citizen Participation

phumeza — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:11:24 +0000

Mobile Tech in Citizen Participation, facilitated by Jose Carlos Vaz is one of the sessions I attended today.

A storm over a cartoon

brett — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 05:23:11 +0000

At present there's quite a heated debate going on in South Africa over a cartoon that appeared in the Sunday Times last Sunday. The

Democracy in action

brett — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:17:56 +0000

Earlier this week I read an article in the Financial Times about an American congressman named John Culberson who is doing something rather controversial.

Undermining the foundations of democracy

brett — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 13:35:27 +0000

I'm hopping mad.

Growing up

brett — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:55:53 +0000

It seems that all our state institutions in South Africa are being tested at the moment.

Let's do away with elections altogether

brett — Fri, 16 May 2008 18:21:55 +0000

I am becoming disillusioned with democracy. Elected leaders, all around the world, seem to be getting worse and worse.

General

Admiration of Mugabe shows contempt for ordinary Zimbabweans

brett — Mon, 12 May 2008 19:27:32 +0000

I was quite disturbed to read two opinion pieces in the SA Sunday papers, on Zimbabwe, where the authors were basically defending Mugabe.

General

SABC turns into its own soap opera

brett — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:45:24 +0000

Boy, am I glad I don't work at the SABC at the moment!

General