In this week’s edition of the Knowledge Bank, we discuss what civic education means in a democracy. Good civic education seeks to develop competence in explaining and analyzing. If citizens can explain how something should work, for example the legal system, or the system of checks and balances, they will be more able to detect and help correct malfunctions. Citizens also need to be able to analyze such things as the components and consequences of ideas, social, political, or economic processes, and institutions. Lukhona Mnguni speaks to an educator at the Centre for Civic and Democracy Education - Paledi Magopa - about civic education.

<p>In this week&rsquo;s edition of the Knowledge Bank, we discuss what civic education means in a democracy. Good civic education seeks to develop competence in explaining and analyzing. If citizens can explain how something should work, for example the legal system, or the system of checks and balances, they will be more able to detect and help correct malfunctions. Citizens also need to be able to analyze such things as the components and consequences of ideas, social, political, or economic processes, and institutions. Lukhona Mnguni speaks to an educator at the Centre for Civic and Democracy Education - Paledi Magopa - about civic education.</p>

POWER Talk is a mid-morning talk show programme, hosted by Lerato Mbele. The show delves deeper into the news of the day along with larger societal themes, inviting listeners to help unpack issues on the day’s current affairs agenda and topics close to their hearts. Mbele also interviews the biggest newsmakers and experts in South Africa, helping listeners makes sense of their world.

<p>POWER Talk is a mid-morning talk show programme, hosted by Lerato Mbele. The show delves deeper into the news of the day along with larger societal themes, inviting listeners to help unpack issues on the day’s current affairs agenda and topics close to their hearts. Mbele also interviews the biggest newsmakers and experts in South Africa, helping listeners makes sense of their world.</p>

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