Heinrich Böll Stiftung Office Cape Town

The Heinrich Böll Foundation has been actively promoting the consolidation of democracy and human rights, advancing gender equality, and taking action to prevent the destruction of the environment in Southern Africa since 1989. For many organisations and individuals the Foundation has become a reliable funding partner, a space for constructive dialogue and an international network. It also provides analyses of contemporary political events in the region.

In 2007 the Foundation moved its office from Johannesburg to Cape Town to work more closely at the interface between civil society and parliament. Other partner countries in the region where the Foundation is dedicated to advancing open and tolerant political culture are Namibia and Zimbabwe. 

The Foundations’ work in Southern Africa consists of four programmes: Democracy and Social Justice, Human Rights and Gender Justice, Sustainable Development and International Politics & Dialogue.