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14 March 2010
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30 Apr 2009
 
 
 
 
Election response: Shifting Political Landscape
INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY IN SOUTH AFRICA
After months of anticipation, widespread speculation and tireless campaigning by political parties, the 2009 South African elections have come and gone. As expected, the African National Congress...
 
 
29 Apr 2009
 
Zuma's Presidency assured but his political survival beyond 2014 is not
INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY IN SOUTH AFRICA
Barring an act of the gods, Jacob Zuma will be South Africa's next president, inaugurated on 9 May. His road to the Presidency will have been a long and very messy one. Despite the Battle Royal to...
 
 
21 Apr 2009
 
 
 
Election Brief: Opposition performance at the polls in 2009
INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY IN SOUTH AFRICA
South Africa's electoral system is designed to sustain a multi-party democracy. The premise being that multi-partyism breeds electoral competition and in turn entrenches and consolidates democracy....
 
 
 
 
Election Brief: The Youth Vote
INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY IN SOUTH AFRICA
South Africa like most developing nations has a high proportion of its population falling into the category of 'youth'. Although young black South Africans played a significant role in the struggle...
 
 
08 Apr 2009
 
Elections and the Internet in SA
INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY IN SOUTH AFRICA
After last year's historic US elections, much analysis has focused on international interest in now-President Barack Obama's campaign, and it's potential to impact on voting patterns in upcoming...
 
 
07 Apr 2009
 
Politics Trumps Justice? Zuma and the NPA
INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY IN SOUTH AFRICA
On Monday 6 April 2009, the Acting National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP), Advocate Mokotedi Mpshe, announced the National Prosecuting Authority's (NPA) decision to withdraw all charges...
 
 
25 Mar 2009
 
Is how a country treats the most vulnerable of its people not a test of its humanity?
INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY IN SOUTH AFRICA
The small town of Musina on the border between Zimbabwe and South Africa is the first stop for new arrivals and their introduction to what we proudly call ‘ubuntu' or South African hospitality....
 
 
18 Mar 2009
 
Everyday issues 'now on election agenda'
INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY IN SOUTH AFRICA
The hype and anxiety over next month's elections has seen a rise in everyday issues receiving political treatment and becoming political or election issues, according to an election-monitoring...
 
 
 
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