The University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Centre for Civil Society celebrated the success of seven students who graduated with postgraduate degrees from the Discipline of Development Studies.

Centre Director, Dr Shauna Mottiar, supervised the students who researched various areas relating to civil society.

Dr Kennedy Mugochi’s PhD research focused on the Save Zimbabwe Campaign, a democracy advocacy initiative that explores how democracy advocacy results are measured and how requirements of upward accountability affect the organisational behaviour of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs). ‘The findings will be of interest to those involved in civil society and advocacy studies, development practitioners, donors and evaluators of development interventions,’ said Mugochi.