This controversy highlighted the cardinally important role of a Speaker in parliament to ensure impartiality and fairness to all political parties. The South African Parliament is based on the British Westminster system in which the impartiality of the Speaker is accorded a very high premium and a ...
"South Africa has seen a steady increase in the number of political parties contesting national elections since 1999," she said. In 1999, a total of 16 political parties contested the national ballot and 13 won representation in Parliament....
Parliament set up a multiparty special committee in July to look the issue. It has set itself a November deadline to formalize a final bill. Currently South Africa's political parties are not required to declare sources of their funds or how they use their money. South Africa's ruling Afric...
Or put differently, parliament was 'coaxed, bullied sometimes dragged into granting those initial political liberties which formed the basis of western democracy'. 3 Throughout this scenario, the press occupies a distinctly ambiguous place:... KW Schweizer - 《Parliamentary History》 被引量: 1发表...
Engaging political parties One of the areas women campaigners spotted as a solution to change the low numbers of women in Parliament was political parties. They hold key because if women can be given high positions in political parties, chances of them being elected to Parliament are high. ...
political parties in parliamentary and presidential election, and indicates the degree of political competition in a given political system. And second, the degree of political participation denotes the proportion of the adult population that actually voted in these elections and is used as a measure ...
His successor, Moeketsi Majoro, declared a state of emergency in August after lawmakers failed to pass constitutional reforms to amend everything from the role of political parties and rules on floor-crossing in parliament to the appointment of senior officials and the prime minister's ...
GOING SOUTH How dynamics are changing in SADC after recent election upsetsFormer liberation movements and long-governing parties have been falling out of favour in the southern African region, changing the political landscap... political judas ...
It is significant that these principles are being inscribed on the steps of Parliament as South Africans celebrates 25 years of a free and democratic South Africa, said the president. South Africans will go to the polls on May 8. This will be the 6th election since the end of apartheid in...
The court ordered Parliament to make necessary amendment to bring the Act in line with the Constitution and to take any other measures it deems appropriate. The amendment is expected to address concerns about over-reliance by political parties on private donations as well as the secrecy that cloud...