by Paul Berkowitz | Aug 17, 2023 | Independents and small parties, MetroMonitor, Municipal elections
What could happen in local councils with a 1% representation threshold? It’s no secret that governance in the metro municipalities has been unstable since the 2021 election. Five of the eight metros have coalition governments. These coalitions have been unstable...
by Paul Berkowitz | May 30, 2022 | Community development, Independents and small parties
Turning 21 is usually a cause for celebration. In the secular world it’s the age when a person enters adulthood, reaches maturity, and takes on greater responsibility. November 2021 marked 21 years and four full terms of local government in South Africa, but there...
by Paul Berkowitz | Apr 20, 2021 | Independents and small parties, Municipal elections
The story of independent candidates in Gauteng contains a great irony: there is a gulf between the poor results of independents and the tantalising promises of direct representation and political pluralism. In the 2016 local election there were 529 wards in Gauteng....
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