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The Electoral Reform Consultation Panel has been tasked with making recommendations for reforms to the electoral system in South Africa. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy, M&G

Your choice: Candidate or party?

A new South African electoral system will be chosen by parties. Guess who will benefit?

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The only way to address South Africa’s problem of dwindling voter turnout is to fix the accountability problem. (File photo/MG)

This is why you should participate in Monday’s public consultation on electoral reform

The Electoral Reform Consultation Panel is holding a public consultation at the Gauteng legislature on 27 January

  • Des Erasmus
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An ANC volunteer carries a poster of Cyril Ramaphosa as she prepares to erect a party station at the Msholozi Informal Settlement near Brakpan, Johannesburg. (File photo by Delwyn Verasamy/MG)

Why South Africa needs electoral reform: A look at mixed-member proportional systems

The country desperately needs a system that makes politicians accountable to voters, not their political parties

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