How a reborn OSISA advances Open Society goals with a pan-African perspective OSISA, in its OSF-Africa incarnation, has undergone reorganisation and reframing to strengthen the response to a changed – and changing – Africa. “We’re advancing the work of Open Society throughout the continent. We now have different ways of looking at things – the opportunity …
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Bending history towards justice: How OSISA catalysed positive change in southern Africa. Throughout its existence, OSISA advanced democracy, social justice, and human rights through grant-making, advocacy, and support for marginalised communities. “Driven by the values of an open, democratic, just, and tolerant society, the organisation continually sought to amplify marginalised voices, strengthen civic participation, foster dialogue, …
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The beginnings of a desirable goal, worthy of sacrifice When the Open Society’s first regional African foundation opened its doors in 1997, a journey of positive social change began. George Soros was no stranger to an unjust world. Born in Hungary in 1930, his family survived Nazi persecution by using false identity papers. After the war in …
OSISA has been instrumental in rebuilding civil society in the DRC following the intergenerational trauma of the Congolese War. The organisation has been involved in mining reform, improving political participation, protecting human rights defenders and championing engagement with social and economic rights. OSISA has been instrumental in rebuilding civil society in the DRC following the …
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As long as there are people, movements, organisations, and communities ready and willing to fight the good fight, there is hope. Dzimbabwe Chimbga came from humble beginnings, growing up in Gweru, a small town in the Midlands province of Zimbabwe. After completing his primary and secondary education in Gweru, he moved to the capital city, …
Seeing African countries portrayed as being among the poorest was something that did not sit well with Lusako Munyenyembe and further pushed her to continue in her fight for a better continent. “When you read about countries like Malawi, for example, it’s always about it being one of the poorest countries, and that always makes …
An executive director learns that he doesn’t have all the answers by Ang Lloyd “I hadn’t understood that it was exactly what I needed; OSISA offered me an opportunity to get my voice back, and a lesson in how important humility is.” At the start of 2013, Siphosami (or Sipho, as colleagues and comrades call …
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Velaphi Mamba’s passion for human rights and activism has seen him support various programmes that pushed for social justice in a number of African countries. “I have always been a human rights activist at heart and what attracted me to OSISA are those values. The organisation drives a very powerful and ambitious human rights agenda …
A mass meeting of professors and students at Cape Town University, South Africa, on September 19, 1985.
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During this time period Osisa worked in Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eswatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe
