Briefing Paper 589 – The 2024 General Election: New Candidates; Three Ballots; Old Worries by Mike Pothier
On 29th May South Africans will vote in what is increasingly being regarded as the most significant national and provincial elections since the first democratic vote in 1994. By definition, all truly free and fair elections are important – they are the key means whereby the people choose who will govern on their behalf – but there are various reasons for assessing these elections as more weighty and consequential than most of the previous six have been.
BP 589 The 2024 General Election – New Candidates; Three Ballots; Old Worries by Mike Pothier