After the January fire in Parliament, we asked how fast the ANC would fall. John Matisonn looks at what will turn around more than a decade of implosion.
The ultimate success of the Zondo Commission will depend in large part upon the ability of the National Prosecuting Authority to use the welter of evidence provided in the commission’s records and institute criminal proceedings against key implicated persons, many of whom continue to exercise.
The Constitutional Court does not consist of experts in political science. But in demanding a reorganisation of the national electoral system to accommodate independent candidates
(New Nation Movement NPC and others v the President of the RSA and Others), it has charged the political and legal class with a task whose successful completion will likely require the input of specialists in comparative electoral systems. Since I have a longstanding interest in this topic, I presume here to offer some thoughts.
Primarily I want to say two things. First, if the proposed change is to conform to constitutional requirements of proportionality, it will require adopting either a national version of the local government electoral system or a system of single transferable vote. But, second, this reform is going to be no panacea.