The SIVIO Institute team is in South Africa for the first-ever regional meeting of African Citizens Watch. This meeting is the first with our growing regional team that will be working to enhance the tracking of the African Citizens Watch platform. We will be tracking government performance in South Africa, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe. We will be tracking the performance of the government of Cyril Ramaphosa after the just-ended election in South Africa, the government of Lazarus Chakwera in Malawi and the government of Hakainde Hachilema in Zambia. Our tracking progress in Zimbabwe has culminated in the recently published report on the performance of the government of Emmerson Mnangagwa in Zimbabwe. The report entitled Rhetoric and Reality – An Analysis of Government Performance (September 2023 to August 2024) is available here: Access the Report.

You can check the policy promises of these governments by visiting the African Citizens Watch Platform accessible here: https://africancitizenswatch.org

Eddah Jowah, Coordinator for the Centre for Civic Engagement gives an overview of the work of SIVIO Institute.
Tendai Murisa, Executive Director of SIVIO Institute gives the team a background to the African Citizens Watch Platform.
The African Citizens Watch Platform lists Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe data. The policy promises from South Africa will be listed soon.