As part of its commitment to strengthening democracy through civic education, the Hanns Seidel Foundation and its Civics Academy (CA), together with an experienced facilitator, delivered a comprehensive training programme for Cape Town Metro Police...
Empowering Life Orientation Lecturers to Foster Active Citizenship
In July 2025, our Civics Academy team conducted a two-day training for TVET Life Orientation (LO) lecturers at Ekurhuleni West TVET college. The workshop focused on the Civics Academy Lecturers’ Guide “Facilitating Active Citizenship”, a cooperation...
What Is Democracy?
As part of our ongoing efforts to contribute to civic education in South Africa, we hosted a #CivicsChat on 3 May to discuss the topic “What is Democracy? Commissioner Dr Nomsa Masuku from the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) shared...
Election Special by the Hanns Seidel Foundation
On 29 May, South Africans will go to the polls to vote in the country’s 7th democratic election. Read the Election Special in which we have compiled useful information, articles, analyses, and recordings of recent roundtable discussions on various...
Strengthening Civic Education in Institutions of Learning
Last month we organised a stakeholder engagement on civic education with representatives from the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET), the Department of Basic Education (DBE), the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC), Life...