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The Economist critiques SA’s electoral system

by David Le Page | 22 Oct 2012 | Electoral systems, Uncategorized

The Economist (following many others) has pointed out one of the key problems with South Africa’s current electoral system: One of the parliament’s worst features is its party-list method of choosing members, who are thus entirely in thrall to ANC bosses rather...

M&G: ‘ANC could benefit from R1bn Capitec Bank bonanza’

by David Le Page | 21 Oct 2012 | Party finance, Uncategorized

A recent story in the Mail & Guardian reveals that a consortium linked to financing the ANC has scored free shares in Capitec Bank with the assistance of two state bodies: the Public Investment Corporation (PIC), which is supposed to focus on growing state...

Democracy is not the end, but the beginning

by David Le Page | 13 Sep 2012 | General, Uncategorized

When South Africans finally secured a democracy in 1994, it was only natural, after three hundred years of bitter struggles against apartheid and colonialism, for people to think: ‘At last. We have secured our rights. We can relax now.’ Unfortunately, the...

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