Centre for Civil Society

The Centre for Civil Society (not to be confused with the London-based Centre for Civil Society - LSE) "was established in the Faculty of Community and Development Disciplines in July 2001. It began with a staff of one but has rapidly expanded and now has a staff of 19. The Centre has a wide range of thriving local, national and international linkages with key organisations and individuals in and concerned with civil society."

"The Globalisation, Marginalisation and New Social Movements project was a 3 year project between 2003 and 2006. It was hosted jointly by the Centre for Civil Society (CCS) and the School of Development Studies, and was funded by Atlantic Philanthropies and the Ford Foundation. The project is structured around 16 case studies of different social movements which were conducted between June 2003 and July 2004. This work is available in the 2006 volume, Voices of Protest, and in the form of longer research reports below.

"A book entitled Voices of Protest Social Movements in Post-Apartheid South Africa has been published by UKZN Press."

Staff (2014)

• Faith ka-Manzi (Community Scholar)
• Baruti Amisi (Researcher)
• Patrick Bond (Director of the Centre for Civil Society)
• Shauna Mottiar (Senior Research Fellow)

Staff (2010)

Accessed March 2010:

• Baruti Amisi (Community Scholar)
• Patrick Bond (Director of the Centre for Civil Society)
• Dennis Brutus (Past Honorary Professor)
• Alan Fowler (Honorary Professor)
• Adam Habib (Honorary Professor)
• Oliver Meth (Community Scholar)
• Shauna Mottiar (Senior Research Fellow)
• Molefi Mafereka Ndlovu (Community Scholar)

Staff & Visiting Researchers (2007)

Accessed October 2007:

• Baruti Amisi, (Grant Manager )
• Patrick Bond, (Director of the Centre for Civil Society)
• Dennis Brutus, (Honorary Professor)
• Ashwin Desai, (Honorary Researcher)
• John Devenish, (Website & Multimedia Resources)
• Alan Fowler, (Honorary Professor)
• Adam Habib, (Honorary Professor)
• Sufian Hemed Bukurura, (Associate Professor)
• Lungile Keswa, (Admin Assistant)
• Ntokozo Mthembu, (Outreach Officer)
• Molefi Ndlovu, (Research Assistant (Energy) )
• Annsilla Nyar, (Research Fellow)
• Olusanya Oluemi Osha, (Post-Doctoral Fellow )

Advisory Board

Accessed October 2007:

Advisory Board of the Centre for Civil Society

• Zackie Achmat, TAC
• Mercia Andrews, TCOE
• Everjoice Win, ACTION AID INTERNATIONAL
• Ramesh Bharuthram (chair), University of KwaZulu-Natal
• Maluse Mpumlwana, Kellog Foundation
• Xolani Tsalong, TAC
• Phumelele Ntombela-Nzimande, Postal Policy Department of Communications
• Douglas Ramaphosa, ABSA Foundation
• Julian May, University of KwaZulu-Natal

Research Board of the Centre for Civil Society

• Gerald Kraak- (Atlantic Philanthropies)
• Rupert Taylor- (University of Witwatersrand)
• Laura Maxwell-Stuart- (CAF/NPP)
• Pearl Sithole- (University of Natal)
• Deborah Ewing (Development Journalist)
• Andile Mngxitama- (LPM)
• Martin Legassick
• David Moore
• Vasu Reddy
• Salim Vally

The Project Advisory Group was finalized by the 18 March 2002. It consists of :

• Russel Ally from the Charles Stuart Mott Foundation
• Ahmed Bawa from the Ford Foundation
• Gail Campbell from the ABSA Foundation
• Lusani Nevathalu from the Department of Labour
• Bridget Masango from the National Development Agency
• Edie Webster from the University of Witwatersrand
• Jonathan Jansen from the University of Pretoria
• Carol O'Brian from South African Chamber of Business
• Kessie Moodley from the Workers’ College
• Abie Ditlahake from SANGOCO

Advisory Board of the Centre for Civil Society

• Mercia Andrews, TCOE
• Everjoice Win, ACTION AID INTERNATIONAL
• Xolani Tsalong, TAC
• Julian May, University of KwaZulu-Natal

Publications

• 2006 Annual Report

Resources and articles

Related Sourcewatch

• Mandisi Majavu - Former Staff? [1]
• Richard Kamidza - doctoral candidate [2]
• David Everatt
• Aziz Choudry gave a talk titled "Learning and research in social movements" on 14 November 2014. [3] and another titled " NGOization, 'civil society' and social change: Complicity, contradictions and prospects" [4]