Open Society Foundation for South Africa
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| Founded | 1993 |
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| Founder | George Soros |
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Area served | South Africa |
Key people | Fatima Hassan |
| Website | www |
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
[edit]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
[edit]- Open Society Foundations
- Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa
- Open Society Initiative for East Africa
- Open Society Initiative for West Africa
References
[edit]- ^ Pommy_Pom. "Welcome to OSF-SA". Open Society Foundation for South Africa. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
- ^ "Open Society Foundation for South Africa | Open Society Foundations". www.opensocietyfoundations.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-22.
- ^ "Recipients | MRU". www.mtroyal.ca. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
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