Funding freedom?: synthesis report on the impact of foreign political aid to civil society organisations in South Africa

This report presents the most significant findings of the third phase of the South African contribution to a study that has sought to research the impact of foreign political aid on civil society organisations and on democratisation in three African countries: South Africa, Ghana and Uganda. This, in turn, forms part of a broader study on the impact of foreign political aid on civil society in Africa, co-ordinated by the Institute for Development Studies of Sussex University in the United Kingdom.

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Human Science Research Council SA
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2025-09-08
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https://doi.org/10.14749/30075970
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Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
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Funding freedom?: synthesis report on the impact of foreign political aid to civil society organisations in South Africa

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Funding freedom?: synthesis report on the impact of foreign political aid to civil society organisations in South Africa

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Abstract

This report presents the most significant findings of the third phase of the South African contribution to a study that has sought to research the impact of foreign political aid on civil society organisations and on democratisation in three African countries: South Africa, Ghana and Uganda. This, in turn, forms part of a broader study on the impact of foreign political aid on civil society in Africa, co-ordinated by the Institute for Development Studies of Sussex University in the United Kingdom.

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