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After two days of intense debate on matters which directly affect next year’s general election and go to the heart of South Africa’s democratic system, the Constitutional Court yesterday reserved judgment on two applications challenging the constitutionality of the Electoral Act. With the clock ticking into the limited time available […]
“Let us unite in spirit and purpose for a just and equal electoral system,” say the Independent Candidate Association (ICA) and One South Africa (OSA) in a call on South Africans to pray ahead of a pivotal case in the Constitutional Court on August 29. The apex court will be […]
Originally published in Business Day An urgent application was lodged yesterday with the Constitutional Court by One Movement SA (OSA) to have sections of the Electoral Amendment Act declared invalid and unconstitutional. This follows a similar application lodged in May by the Independent Candidates Association. The respondents in the OSA […]
The Independent Candidates Association (ICA) says it will be launching a challenge in the Constitutional Court today (Friday May 26) against the controversial Electoral Amendment Act which was signed into law by President Ramaphosa in April. “We remain of the belief that this act is unconstitutional and that it does […]
President Cyril Ramaphosa signed the controversial Electoral Amendment Bill into law yesterday, calling the move “a significant milestone in the evolution of our democracy”. But the New Nation Movement (NNM) who precipitated a 2020 Constitutional Court ruling requiring the Electoral Act to be amended to accommodate independent candidates, says the […]
Originally published in News24 There is no doubt that our collective concern for the state of our democracy is at an all time high. We have a president who has been found to have possibly violated his oath of office and other laws of the land. We have no credible […]
South Africans need to know that the Constitution of SA protects justice and freedom and that they are not held ransom by the current electoral system which serves the interests of political parties and not the people, says the Citizen’s Parliament of the New Nation Movement (NNM) in a written […]
Pressure is mounting on President Cyril Ramaphosa over the controversial Electoral Amendment Bill and it will be impossible for him to sign it into law in the limited time available to him, said Dr Mike Louis chairperson of the Independent Candidate Association South Africa. He told Gateway News that “we […]
The National Assembly yesterday passed the Electoral Amendment Bill after a debate in which ANC and EFF MPs dismissed with contempt a bid by civil society organisations to persuade parliamentarians to reject the bill which the organisations say is unconstitutional. But despite yesterday’s setback, civil society are not giving up […]
A large cohort of civil society organisations gathered at Parliament this morning [Friday September 16] to hand over a formal submission to the Speaker of the National Assembly, outlining their collective stance in rejecting the new Electoral Bill that is currently before Parliament. “This comes with less than 90 days […]