Strengthening civil participation for accountable governance. 🇿🇦 🤝 @BROT_furdiewelt | @LRCSouthAfrica | HRMT 🌐 EU Co-funded #BeyondStateCapture
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South Africa faces a corruption crisis that impacts service delivery everywhere.
Neither Afrophobic rhetoric nor scapegoating vulnerable populations will solve it.
To move our country #BeyondStateCapture, we MUST #StopCorruption
#30June #June30Deadline #WontBeMarching
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Have you RSVP’ed for this Wednesday’s Brown Bag session? 👀
In collaboration with @BerthaHouseCPT, we are unpacking what active citizenship really looks like as we gear up for the upcoming local elections.
RSVP here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
Ward councillors' are meant to work in service of your ward ... don't wait for them to tell you what they wish to achieve, set the agenda for your service delivery! #BeyondStateCapture
Don’t wait for ward councillors to tell you what you need. Set the agenda with a manifesto that identifies your community’s needs. Create a Community Manifesto using the guide and template developed by ACT Ubumbano and @MVC_SA.
📃 Find the template here: actubumbano.org/wp-content/u…
Learn more from @PeoplesAssem_SA 👉🏾 pa.org.za/blog/manifestos-ah…
Discover more with @MVC_SA, watch the Building People’s Power webinar on the State Capture and Beyond website: beyondstatecapture.org.za/ac…
@capture_beyond @ForDemocracySa
#BeyondStateCapture #Mobilize #Right2Dignity #DefendOurDemocracy #ActiveCitizens #ParticipatoryDemocracy #FixLocal #MyVoteCounts #WozaLGE2026 #MakeItCount
From IDP's to ward committees - communities are a fundamental component of local government ... don't let our democracy become an empty shell! Participate to lead us #BeyondStateCapture
Local governance leaders' decisions can mean a safe, healthy, dignified life for you and your family. You deserve that.
Set the bar high. Keep an eye on everything your ward councillors do, make sure they are serving you. When they know they are being watched, they (usually) feel the heat and are more likely to act right. 💪🏾
🇿🇦 Show up for yourself, your family, your neighbours, your country. 🗳️
@MVC_SA | @ForDemocracySa | @capture_beyond
#BeyondStateCapture #Mobilize #Right2Dignity #DefendOurDemocracy #ActiveCitizens #ParticipatoryDemocracy #FixLocal #MyVoteCounts #WozaLGE2026 #MakeItCount
Do you know what ward you live in? Who was your councillor for the last 5 years ... did they deliver? Who's standing for your ward this election cycle? Do you trust them to meet your service delivery needs? #BeyondStateCapture
📲 Put your councillor on speed dial 😈, call ‘em like they owe you money. Here’s where you can find your representative’s contact details:
👉🏽 IEC Tool: SMS 32245 with your ID number or search via elections.org.za/pw/voter/Wh…
👉🏼 @ FixLocal Councillor Database: Major municipalities like Joburg, CPT, and Ekhuruleni covered at fixlocal.org.za/assets/counc…
👉🏾 People’s Assembly: Type in your address or use location to search the People’s Assembly Ward Councillor Lookup tool at constituency-offices.pa.org.…
@capture_beyond | @ForDemocracySa | @MVC_SA
#BeyondStateCapture #Mobilize #DefendOurDemocracy #ActiveCitizens #ParticipatoryDemocracy #FixLocal #MyVoteCounts #WozaLGE2026 #MakeItCount
The right to organise, matters! mg.co.za/thought-leader/2026… #BeyondStateCapture
Feeling powerless? We get it. But, organising where you live (at the hyper-local level) has incredible power. Democracy, begins at home!
You can rally your street for a coordinated call-in campaign to fix your pothole, then build that energy into a neighbourhood-wide conference on billing issues, then connect into city-wide crisis action committees as an organised body. 💪🏾
@capture_beyond @ForDemocracySa @MVC_SA
#BeyondStateCapture #Mobilize #DefendOurDemocracy #ActiveCitizens #ParticipatoryDemocracy #FixLocal #MyVoteCounts #WozaLGE2026 #MakeItCount
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Democracy isn’t a one-day event; it's an everyday practice. The crises we are facing as a nation: our democracy under threat, our hopelessness, our lack of participation, the violence, the hunger, the literal sewage in our streets… these issues were made over decades, and it’s going to take decades of unmaking to fix them. No one can sit that out, it’s going to take all of us.
But it is not impossible. 💪🏾
We, @Mobilize_ZA, @ForDemocracySa, @MVC_SA and @capture_beyond will be sharing 10 ways you can start making civic engagement part of your lifestyle before and after 4 November.
🇿🇦 South Africa needs you. Let’s get started. 🇿🇦
#BeyondStateCapture #Mobilize #DefendOurDemocracy #ActiveCitizens #ParticipatoryDemocracy #FixLocal #MyVoteCounts #WozaLGE2026 #MakeItCount
✔️ An informed vote starts with asking the right questions.
The goal isn't to tell you who to vote for - it's to help you make a decision based on reliable information.
An informed voter is an empowered voter.
Final voter registration weekend 📅 01-02 August 2026 🕗08:00 to 17:00
#BeyondStateCapture #ActiveCitizens #FixLocal #PublicParticipation #Right2Dignity #ParticipatoryDemocracy #WozaLGE2026 #MakeItCount
Do you know the difference between a Ward Councillor and a PR Councillor?
🗳️One vote helps choose your local ward representative.
🗳️Another helps determine proportional representation in your municipality.
It's easy to think that one vote doesn't matter.
But in South Africa's local government elections, some ward races have been decided by margins of only a handful of votes - and in some cases, as few as two votes.
It's one voice in deciding who shapes your neighbourhood, your municipality, and the services you rely on every day.
Register. Show up. Vote.
#BeyondStateCapture #ActiveCitizens #FixLocal #PublicParticipation #Right2Dignity #ParticipatoryDemocracy #WozaLGE2026 #MakeItCount
Local government decisions affect the roads you drive on, the water from your taps, refuse collection, libraries, parks, and many of the services you rely on every day.
If you're not registered, you won't be able to vote in November's local government elections.
Your vote is one of the ways you help decide who is accountable for those decisions.
#BeyondStateCapture #ActiveCitizens #FixLocal #PublicParticipation #Right2Dignity #ParticipatoryDemocracy #WozaLGE2026 #MakeItCount