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

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.

Manifestos, funding sources should guide your vote

“Who can I vote for because it seems as if all political parties are the same.”  This statement has dominated election discourse in the past and will likely ...

The prospects of legal challenges to the 2021 local government elections

This brief considers the prospects of a successful legal challenge to the 2021 local government elections. It does so by drawing insights from the ...

The Public Protector Impeachment Process: How The Enquiry Resumes

This brief examines the judgement of the Constitutional Court on the constitutionality of the rules adopted by the National Assembly for the removal of heads ...

The Public Protector, The Committee And The Courts – What To Do With The Judicial Findings?

This brief explores the constitutional role of the Section 194 Committee tasked with establishing whether Public Protector Adv Busisiwe Mkhwebane has committed ...

To postpone, or not to postpone? That is the question.

This brief will consider the pertinent question: What are the issues that the Constitutional Court will have to decide at the hearing of the Electoral ...

Why the Government is proposing Electoral Reform now and why the proposal is inadequate

This brief has been written to accompany the Helen Suzman Foundation’s submission to the National Assembly’s Home Affairs Portfolio Committee on the Electoral ...