A constituency-based electoral system isn't completely off the table, but for now, it shouldn't be in the Electoral Amendment Bill as the Electoral Commission of South Africa wouldn't be able to incorporate constituencies for the 2024 election. | gerbjan
Minister of Home Affairs, Aaron Motsoaledi Photo: Tebogo Letsie
A constituency-based electoral system isn't completely off the table, but for now, it shouldn't be in the Electoral Amendment Bill as the Electoral Commission of South Africa wouldn't be able incorporate constituencies for the 2024 election. Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi, addressing the Select Committee on Security and Justice – the National Council of Provinces' committee currently processing the bill – suggested that the NCOP appoints a panel of experts to discuss the possibility of changing South Africa's electoral system to include constituencies in the national and provincial spheres.
The Electoral Amendment Bill, brought about by a Constitutional Court ruling in June 2020, has been the subject of much criticism by the time the National Assembly passed it last month. The lack of constituencies was chief among the criticisms.Get 14 days free to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. Thereafter you will be billed R75 per month. You can cancel anytime and if you cancel within 14 days you won't be billed.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Motsoaledi proposes changes to Electoral Amendment BillThe move is part of efforts to level the playing field for independent candidates who want a seat in Parliament.
Read more »
Trump set to officially launch 2024 comeback bidTrump set to officially launch 2024 comeback bid - The former president says his announcement will be ‘perhaps the most important speech given in the history of the USA’
Read more »
Trump poised to launch 2024 comeback bidFormer US president Donald Trump is expected to officially launch another White House bid on Tuesday, refusing calls from within his own Republican party to fade away after his loyalists underperformed in this year's midterm elections.
Read more »
IN THE CLASSROOM: Mother tongue education amendment bill sparks a mother-and-father of an argumentOral public hearings on the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill began in Parliament last week, after a period of written submissions. Grievances show up the complexities of well-intentioned planning for mother-tongue learning and raise questions over whether the current system is equipped for it.
Read more »
Booting Cyril Ramaphosa ‘too risky’ for ANC | The CitizenAs foes of President Cyril Ramaphosa pile on pressure for him to step aside, analysts caution this could spell ‘disaster’ for the upcoming conference and 2024 polls.
Read more »
BELA Bill - AfriForum to oppose pressure on Gauteng schools to take in more learners - South Africa TodayOn Tuesday, 15 November 2022, AfriForum will make an oral presentation on the Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill (the so-called BELA Bill) to the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Basic Education. This is in addition to the detailed comments submitted to the committee in June this year. AfriForum’s position is that some of the proposed amendments […]
Read more »