The first chairperson of the electoral commission after apartheid, Johann Kriegler, said electoral reform will do little to hold politicians accountable and independent candidates will constantly be going against the grain in a lonely quest to further their own agenda, no matter how noble.
SA is facing a political crisis with "dysfunctional, weak and retreating state institutions", and simultaneously focusing on fixing them while combatting corruption is the only way forward, says former deputy SARS commissioner Ivan Pillay.
South Africa is in a situation that is close to emergency conditions. And it’s important that big business acts in coordination with civil society, and other sectors and organisations, to leverage its power to save our country and our democracy.