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Oxfam Australia

Voices14-16 November 2012

South Africa’s changing social, political and economic landscape

And what this means for civil society

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Nearly 20 years of democracy

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Challenges to Democracy

• Liberation politics• Legislation• Human development

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Challenges to Society

•Education/unemployment/violence•Disappointment in democracy•Disparity between expectation and possibilities•Lack of problem solving skills•Lack of ownership

Challenges to civic engagement

•Positive engagement•Violent protest•Capabilities & opportunities

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Challenges to development

• middle income country: impact on donor funding

• Philanthropy versus effectiveness • From hand-outs to hand-in-hand

Opportunities

•Watchdog government accountabilityexpectation management

•Civic educator harnessing powercivic agency

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