INSIGHT: Addressing the lack of youth representation and utilising platforms like social media could energise young voters and improve overall voter turnout. As South Africa commemorates Youth Day and prepares for the...
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Success of SA’s coalition future hinges on formalised agreements
In late May, the Auditor-General (AG) of South Africa identified coalition instability as having a concerning impact on financial governance, saying: “The instability in councils has also been a major feature in terms...
SONA 2022 – Some progress, lots of problems
Good Governance Africa (GGA) has studied the president’s SONA 2022 speech from last night. The speech includes some laudable attempts at addressing the ANC’s lamentable record in governance over the past year and in...
Of super-coalitions and national interests: That which binds the ANC and the DA
South Africa needs a grand coalition between its leading parties South Africans recently voted in the fifth round of local elections of the democratic era, and the results have been widely seen as a tectonic shift in...
Getting back the elusive youth vote
There are many contestations over the definition and constitution of ‘youth’. In South Africa, according to the recent National Youth Policy, those within the age group of 15-34 make up more than a third (34.7%) of the...
Navigating uncharted waters: the road to Local Government Elections
Following the impasse and uncertainty over the constitutionality of moving local government elections to 2022, and the consequent Constitutional Court decision, South Africa will hold Local Government Elections (LGE’s)...
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