The ANC secretary-general also stressed that his party is "not going to retreat on the concept of the government of national unity, because we believe that the government of national unity, to us, represents the outcome of the elections." "We did not get outright majority," Mbalula said. ...
The analysis concludes that poor performance and distrust of incumbents, including a sitting president, can have a significant bearing on voter attitudes and behaviour at elections. Moreover, despite the replacement of Jacob Zuma with President Cyril Ramaphosa in December 2017, the ANC will need to...
Based on my experience and observation from national and local government elections in the past, there are political parties that continue to abuse the loopholes in the Electoral Act and election regulations, with the ruling party being the biggest culprit. The weakness with the act and regulation...
South Africa's ruling party is at its weakest point since it came to power in 1994. The African National Congress (ANC) is at risk of losing its majority in the legislature. To stay in power, the ANC will likely be forced to form a coalition with other parties. South Africa is the m...
local government elections employ a mixed system, combining a first-past-the-post (fPtP) ward system and a party-list Pr system, which still yields an overall proportional outcome. in this comparative exploration of the national and local government elections held in 2009 and 2011 respectively, ...
As it is in many countries, racial rhetoric is a feature of South African national government elections. The use of such rhetoric provokes the question, how much is political party support in the country driven by interracial animosities? Using the nationally representative public opinion dataset, ...
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This chapter argues that local government elections offer a unique opportunity in South Africa's political system for voters to practice forms of democracy that are more local, plural and accountable in character than at provincial or national level. A key reason for this is the mixed electoral ...
The New National Party (NNP) has called on the South African government to criminalize human trafficking because existing laws are inadequate to deal with the problem, according to Business Day. South African group calls for national law prohibiting organ trafficking More results ► Dictionary brows...
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