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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

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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