Opinion
Let’s use the mass wisdom of the voters to winnow out bad apples
The Democratic Party primaries in the US provide a lesson in how SA could change its system to end the false perceptions peddled by politicians.
15 March 2020 - 00:00
Why can’t we elect our leaders the way Americans do — directly? As things now stand, South Africans are captives of an anachronistic electoral system that was designed to accommodate the fears of racial and ethnic groups...
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