Parliamentarians are yet to explain to the nation the rationale for selecting this system rather than simply replicating the mixed direct and proportional representation system we use at local government level or incorporating the recommendations from as far back as 2003 for a mixed system, as proposed in the Van Zyl Slabbert report.
The indaba was organised by several organisations, including My Vote Counts, the Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution, Rivonia Circle, the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation, and Defend our Democracy.
The reforms needed are almost endless. The new government must prioritise and show there is a new culture of action, of understanding the state’s relevant capacity, of correcting errors and of ending the blight of cadre deployment. The reforms needed are almost endless. The new government mus.
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.
What becomes of the South African political landscape as the ANC’s self-defeating disease of incumbency takes its inevitable toll? What becomes of the South African political landscape as the ANC’s self-defeating disease of incumbency takes its inevitable toll?