by Nontsikelelo Baqwa | 2 Sep 2014 | General, Uncategorized
SUMMER INTERNSHIP: November 2014 – January 2015. My Vote Counts seeks to appoint a dedicated and organised individual to assist the campaign this summer. The position is based in Cape Town. The position is part time requiring a flexible 20 hours a week for 3 months....
by Nontsikelelo Baqwa | 16 Jul 2014 | General, Uncategorized
MVC LAUNCHES APPLICATION AT THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT – 16 JULY 2014 Secrecy is not in the vocabulary of the Constitution. Yet this is how political parties deal with their finances. Despite political parties taking “centre stage” in our democracy, there is...
by Nontsikelelo Baqwa | 7 Jul 2014 | General, Uncategorized
It was not without irony that the story about Agang SA’s latest financial controversy first broke in the New Age recently. The newspaper initially reported that the party’s chairperson Mr. Mike Tshishonga had laid a charge, claiming that Dr. Mamphela Ramphele...
by Nontsikelelo Baqwa | 16 May 2014 | Electoral systems, General, Party finance, Uncategorized
Dear all, MY VOTE COUNTS INVITES YOU TO A DISCUSSION ON The possibilities & limits of electoral reform. *There will be wine, snacks and insightful, if not entertaining remarks from our panelists.* DATE: 22 May 2014 TIME: 17h30 for 18h00 VENUE: ICIC AUDITORIUM...
by Nontsikelelo Baqwa | 29 Apr 2014 | General, Uncategorized
On Monday 31 March MVC and a wide-range of mass-based organisations and NGOs, representing thousands of voters, wrote to 14 political parties demanding to know that their ordinary ballots will not be outweighed by the bank balances of others, whose interests might...
