Open Society Foundation for South Africa explained

Key People:Fatima Hassan
Founded Date:1993
Founder:George Soros
Location:Cape Town, South Africa
Area Served:South Africa

The Open Society Foundation for South Africa is a South African non-profit grant-making organisation that supports the civil society sector. Its mission is to "promote the values, institutions and practices of an open, non-racial and non-sexist, democratic civil society."[1]

Organization

The foundation was established by George Soros in 1993, just prior to the dismantling of apartheid and South Africa's transition to democracy.[2]

From 2013 to 2019, its Executive Director was Fatima Hassan a human rights lawyer and social justice activist.[3]

The organisation is connected to the Open Society Foundations.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pommy_Pom . Welcome to OSF-SA . 2022-04-15 . Open Society Foundation for South Africa . en-ZA.
  2. Web site: Open Society Foundation for South Africa Open Society Foundations . www.opensocietyfoundations.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121022015732/http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/about/offices-foundations/open-society-foundation-south-africa . 2012-10-22.
  3. Web site: Recipients MRU . 2022-04-15 . www.mtroyal.ca . en.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Open Society Foundation for South Africa".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.