Considering Post-Election South Africa

June 3, 2009

After Mandela and Mbeki—The Future of South Africa (May 27, 2009)

Open Society, together with the Nation magazine, hosted a recent conversation on the politics of South Africa following its April presidential elections.

Panelists included Mark Gevisser, South Africa correspondent for the Nation; Marcus Mabry, New York Times journalist and former Newsweek Johannesburg bureau chief; and Open Society Fellow Jonny Steinberg, a South African writer, journalist, and policy analyst.

Listen above.

Vaccine Justice

The Quest to Boost Africa’s Fight Against COVID-19

A scientist wearing protective gear in a lab

While Africa consumes 25 percent of the world’s vaccines, only one percent of vaccines are manufactured there. The mRNA vaccine manufacturing hub in South Africa is working to change that.

October 12, 2022 | Erin Greenberg & Kiti Kajana Phillips

Sex Work Is Work

The Multiplying Threats Facing Sex Workers Today

Still image from "The Costs of Criminalizing Sex Work" of a woman putting on make up

The COVID-19 virus has disproportionately harmed millions of sex workers, who are grappling with economic catastrophe, a global pandemic, and government policies that make an already dire situation even worse.

September 1, 2020 | Stacey-Leigh Manuel

Voices

Lessons from 25 Years of Open Society in South Africa—and Dreams for the Next 25 Years

For more than a quarter of a century, the Open Society Foundations have been dedicated to South Africa, proudly supporting its nascent democracy and civil society movements.

November 29, 2018 | Alexander Soros

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