On the 12th of October, the Nelson Mandela Foundation hosted another instalment of their Critical Dialogue Series, focusing on the 2024 elections and what role civil society should play. The dialogue was hosted at the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory in Houghton and was well attended by members of the civil society sector, activists, movement builders, people from political parties, funding institutions and the private sector. The convening was made possible by the Hanns Seidel Foundation.