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Amendments to PAIA are underway

Amendments to PAIA are underway

by Lelethu Masangwana | 19 Sep 2019 | Political Parties, Political Systems

In June 2018, the Constitutional Court confirmed the ruling by the Western Cape High Court which found that the Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) was not constitutional. This was because PAIA did not provide for the disclosure of political parties’ private...

Too Many Options: Electoral Systems and Their Implications Part ⅠⅠ

by Lelethu Masangwana | 9 Sep 2019 | Electoral systems, Political Systems

  Electoral systems are ways used to determine the outcome of an election. The system used and how it is used varies in each country. What voters know about the system has an impact on how they vote or who they vote for. In the last of the two-part explanation of...

Too Many Options: Electoral Systems and Their Implications Part Ⅰ

by Lelethu Masangwana | 9 Sep 2019 | Electoral systems, Political Systems

Electoral systems are methods and rules used to determine the outcome of an election. The system used and how it is used varies in each country. What voters know about the system can have an impact on how they vote or who they vote for. We can categorise these into...
OP-ED: Women must lead, the rest will follow

OP-ED: Women must lead, the rest will follow

by admin | 15 Aug 2019 | General, Intra-Party Democracy, Political Systems

Written by Amanda April for My Vote Counts Equal representation lies at the very heart of democracy. Research suggests that a society becomes more secure and economically prosperous as gender equality improves, together with public trust and political stability. So...
OPINION: Rape – whose problem is it anyway?

OPINION: Rape – whose problem is it anyway?

by Lelethu Masangwana | 15 Aug 2019 | General, Political Systems

We have reached another Women’s Month and still, rape and sexual offences are at alarming levels in the country and have been so for the past decade. The regulations relating to Sexual Offences Courts (SOC) await the go-ahead from Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng....
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