The South African Electoral System
This is the first in a series of Briefs dealing with elections in South Africa. This Brief unpacks some of the main components of the South African General Elections. Wim Louw Mar 20, 2014 Background…
Elections
What the world is saying about South Africa’s local elections
The world is closely watching South Africa’s upcoming elections, deeming them “the most closely contested since white minority rule ended in 1994”. By Katy Scott – August 1, 2016 Image Credits: @MYANC All eyes are…
Can an energised opposition, with two fresh leaders, poach ANC voters?
Young rivals Jul 30th 2016 | JOHANNESBURG | Will Maimane (left) or Malema hurt the ANC more? FORGET ducking and dodging corruption charges. Jacob Zuma’s new signature move is the “dab”. At rallies ahead of…
The town where nobody voted
‘The presiding officer at the station confirmed that no one had come to vote by noon’ SIPHO MABENA 03 AUGUST 2016 Voting stations remain deserted in Vuwani in Limpopo‚ with people flocking to a local…
OPINION: ELECTORAL TREMORS ARE SHAKING ANC. HOW WILL IT RESPOND?
Susan Booysen says the ANC has faced an inexorable, gradual decline since 2004. This article first appeared on The Conversation. South Africa’s election 2016 local election signals change. For the first time in the country’s democratic era…
AT HOME AND ABROAD: Now is your chance to get rid of Zuma
BY ALLISTER SPARKS , 03 AUGUST 2016, 06:12 Jacob Zuma. Picture: AFP PHOTO TODAY could be an historic day in the turbulent story of SA’s evolving democracy, one we may look back on as marking…
Will SA follow UK into anti-establishment? Only getting started.
/ August 2, 2016 Donwald Pressly: As South Africa prepares itself for the biggest election since 1994, Donwald Pressly asks if voters will do the backlash, just like Brexit voters. He considers whether the anti-establishment,…
Which legacy of Mandela?
John Kane-Berman | 01 August 2016 John Kane-Berman says a less ideologically confused DA would be more cautious about depicting itself as Madiba’s political heir What exactly is the Mandela legacy the Democratic Alliance has…
Malema – we defeated apartheid we will defeat the ANC
August 2, 2016 Malema – we defeated apartheid we will defeat the ANC Julius Malema, leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), a government in waiting, a commander ready to take South Africa into a…
Deadly election season for South Africa’s candidates
Associated Press August 2, 2016 A man passes an African National Congress, ANC, political poster, right, in the township of Khayelitsha on the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa, Monday, Aug. 1, 2016. South Africa’s…