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Electoral reform: It’s now or never

Opinion Kwena Manamela & Malesela Maubane - 15 Aug 2020

The pandemic taught us a new normal. It’s time to apply some of the learnings to our electoral system, which is overdue for an overhaul

Covid-19 has long-term implications for politics and policymaking

Article Paul Kariuki - 13 Apr 2020

We need to work together regardless of our political ideologies to build the health system, stabilise the economy and protect the most vulnerable in society

Show of political unity as South Africa battles Covid-19 outbreak

Article Lester Kiewit - 18 Mar 2020

The president and political parties put their differences aside as South Africa tackles what has been described as one of its biggest post-apartheid challenges yet

Rethinking democracy in SRC elections

Article Ariel Goldberg - 13 Sep 2019

Student councils in South Africa are dominated by party politics. But there is a way to change this

Academics bemoan ‘toxic’ politics

Article Mark Paterson - 30 Aug 2019

Senior university managers say political parties should be banned from campuses, citing a climate of fear

Women have the power to swing the 2019 election

Article Amanda Gouws - 6 May 2019

But none of the parties has made gender issues a core element of their campaigns except for the Women Forward Party

ATM could be the wild card on May 8

Article Paddy Harper - 26 Apr 2019

Campaigning on issues rather than a broader agenda makes this church-affiliated party unique

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Small parties are shrinking – except for Freedom Front Plus

Article Dinonofo Pico 1 & M&G Data Desk - 26 Apr 2019

Over the past four elections the smaller political parties have been losing votes hand over fist

ARCHIVES: SA economy is stuck in the political mud

Article Natasha Marrian - 26 Apr 2019

The ANC can’t take hard decisions about the economy and other parties don’t need to because they won’t win

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Record number of political parties contesting 2019 polls

Article Natasha Marrian - 20 Mar 2019

Forty-eight parties will appear on the national ballot in 2019, 19 more than those registered in 2014

Quo vadis? End of the ANC as we know it

Article Ivor Sarakinsky & Ebrahim Fakir - 15 Feb 2019

The party must decide if politicised uncertainty and institutionalised ambiguity will be its end

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Parties to fork out R200 000 to participate in 2019 national elections

Article Jan Gerber - 18 Jan 2019

The IEC announced in a statement on Friday that it had approved election deposits for the 2019 national and provincial elections

The state capture spectacle is back

Article Sarah Smit - 14 Jan 2019

The Zondo Commission may provide a stage for parties vying for traction before the national elections

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Elections and the battles for the soul of civil society

Article Staff Reporter - 18 Dec 2018

Election number crunching ignores the power of civil society institutions

Battling Jozi’s mean streets

Article Paddy Harper - 14 Dec 2018

At last the elections will bring relief, in the form of Hlaudi and other nutty contenders

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