by Lelethu Masangwana | 26 Apr 2019 | Electoral systems, General
Every five years, politicians fill the streets in their numbers making promises to better the lives of South Africans. Voters consequently take to their respective voting stations in the hope that these promises will indeed be fulfilled and their lives will...
by Sheilan Clarke | 12 Apr 2019 | Electoral systems
This is the time for elaborate and well-timed photo-ops. We will be inundated with public engagements often in areas where service delivery protests are most publicised. With such an important elections just days away, political parties are scrambling to try...
by Lelethu Masangwana | 22 Mar 2019 | Electoral systems
25 years ago, South Africa held its first democratic elections. Democracy meant power to the people and the first step to exercising that power was voting in free and fair elections – a right that the majority of South Africans had been excluded from participating in...
by Sheilan Clarke | 4 Mar 2019 | Electoral systems, General, Party finance
MVC News We bring to you what has been brewing at MVC and in political and electoral spaces more broadly in the last few months. Please share this newsletter with your friends and colleagues. What’s new… Political Party Funding Act On 22 January 2019,...
by Sonke Mzana | 7 Feb 2019 | Electoral systems, Funding, General, Political Parties
On the 7th of February 2019, President Cyril Ramaphosa will be delivering his speech on the State Of The Nation Address. The whole world will be listening attentively to the speech and expecting some solutions to the problems that faces our country. Here are some I...
by Sonke Mzana | 31 Jan 2019 | Electoral systems, Political Parties
Written by Sonke Mzana and Sheilan Clarke Following the last voters registration weekend on 26 and 27 January 2019, 700 000 new voters turned up to register to vote. 81% of those new voters were under the age of 30 years old. This is encouraging considering how for...
