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Equal rights: Tessa Dooms at the launch of the Defend Our Democracy Movement aimed at strengthening, renewing, protecting and enhancing SA’s constitutional democracy. Photo: Fani Mahuntsi/Gallo Images
CONSTITUTIONAL COURT

Electoral Amendment Act ‘will end free and fair elections’

‘Onerous’ signature and deposit requirements prevent access for independents and new parties

  • Paddy Harper
4 min read
Action South Africa supporters sing and chant during the partyís manifesto launch for the upcoming local government elections at the Old Park Station in Johannesburg, on September 22, 2021. – Action SA launched its manifesto under the theme ìLets Fix South Africaî and to change the direction of South Africa by providing a credible alternative to a broken political system that has failed South Africans for many years since the dawn of South Africaís democracy. (Photo by Phill Magakoe / AFP)
ACTIONSA

Elections 2021: Where will fed-up voters make their mark?

Trust in big political parties is dwindling but that’s not necessarily a win for everybody else

  • Luke Feltham
7 min read