The Zondo Commission may provide a stage for parties vying for traction before the national elections
Election number crunching ignores the power of civil society institutions
At last the elections will bring relief, in the form of Hlaudi and other nutty contenders
Despite a Constitutional Court ruling, politicians are withholding facts needed for an informed vote
The blind pursuit of power has left citizens to make their own way
‘The long-in-the-works Political Party Funding Bill was passed by Parliament on Tuesday, not with a bang but rather with a whimper’
Numsa held its 10th national congress in Cape Town this week, where its leaders were returned to their positions unopposed.
Pastors and politicians will continue to feed off the desperation of the poor, until their material and spiritual needs are met, and oppression ends.
The party system must be taken as a transitional stage of human development.
The Constitution should be seen as a beacon of hope and not vilified to further the cause of certain political agendas, writes George Bizos.
Julius Malema could have proved his critics wrong but didn’t. Verashni Pillay lists five mistakes that have created such disgruntlement in the party.
Political parties say that their priority in putting forth their candidate lists this year has been to submit credible people with no bad records.
The only party that will win my vote is the one that is willing to stand up in public and tell me the truth about itself.
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/ 26 November 2008
A few political parties contesting next year’s election outline their manifestos. The Democratic Alliance’s Helen Zille has her turn.
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/ 25 November 2008
A few political parties contesting next year’s election outline their manifestos. Mangosuthu Buthelezi, the president of the IFP, outlines the IFP’s.
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/ 25 November 2008
A few political parties contesting next year’s election outline their manifestos. Evita Bezuidenhout has her say.
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/ 18 November 2008
Marianne Thamm, Open Society Research Fellow for 2008, reports on new electoral volatility that poses a threat to the ANC’s overwhelming majority.
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/ 17 February 2006
It will take more than vague policy to tackle corruption at the site of service delivery, argue <b>Andile Sokomani</b> and <b>Hennie van Vuuren</b>.
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/ 27 January 2006
The African National Congress: ‘Let’s help poor communities’.