How does Eshowe experience our democracy ahead of the elections?
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 and...
SAVE THE DATE! Intra-Party Democracy: How Democratic Are You?
SAVE THE DATE - 24 April Please join My Vote Counts for the launch of our new campaign: "Intra-party democracy: How Democratic are You?" As part of My Vote Counts' (MVC) mission to enhance and promote accountability, transparency and inclusivity in South Africa's...
Voting is your right, don’t waste it
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...
March 2019 Newsletter
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, President...
5 things the President should highlight during the State of the Nation Address
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...
Why young people should go out in their numbers to vote
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...