Calls for ‘mixed electoral system’ gain impetus
Proportional representation is flawed, say civil society groups and labour federations
30 March 2021 - 18:24
Civil society organisations and labour federations have called for the electoral system to be reformed — in line with a court ruling — to give more voice to the marginalised and allow them to hold elected public representatives to account.
They told a meeting of the ministerial advisory committee on SA’s electoral system that the proportional representation (PR) system was “completely unsustainable” and had given rise to patronage within political parties...
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