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This is a series of three briefs that critically analyses aspects of the Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Bill, 2015. The first brief, written by Matthew ...

The recent behaviour of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), and the responses to it by the African National Congress (ANC), and the Democratic Alliance (DA), ...

One can support a constitutional democracy on the grounds that it is a better form of government than any other. One can be a revolutionary, dissatisfied with ...

Deepening Democracy: Petitions - What are they and how do they work?

The Sixth Parliament officially sits on 22 May 2019, and sets in motion renewed opportunities to engage our public representatives and hold them accountable to ...

Democracy And Popular Political Norms In South Africa I - To What Degree Do Popular Political Perceptions Correlate With Basic Constitutional Norms?

This brief is the first in a series of two. It considers survey evidence of popular South African political perceptions, analysing the degree to which they ...

Democracy And Popular Political Norms In South Africa II - How Coherent Are Popular Political Norms?

The first brief in this series considered the extent to which popular political norms coincide with constitutional norms. This brief will discuss the ...

This is the first Brief in a three part series of Briefs which deal with democracy. This Brief looks at indicators of democracy.

This is the second Brief in the three part series of Briefs by Charles Simkins on democracy and it deals with the interpretation of environments of democracy.

This is the final Brief in the three part series by Charles Simkins on democracy and looks at authoritarian strategies.

Deepening Democracy Brief: Parliamentary Accountability

This brief discusses Parliament’s oversight duty (over, among others, organs of state) and Parliament’s accountability mechanism – the electorate. It briefly ...