Well, South Africa’s politicians seem to be as inclined as their Kenyan counterparts to jump ship and shop around for new partners in the run-up to elections. That means you the voter go to the voting booth, put your mark against your political party of choice, and then the party decides who to appoint to Parliament, municipality, etc., to represent you. Maimane resigned as party leader and as an MP last year after he was ‘handbagged’ by his predecessor Helen Zille. Meanwhile, Maimane’s latest flavour of the month is a “symbiotic working partnership” with a newly formed civil society organisation (and I say, wannabe political party), the United Independent Movement. In a judgement in June, the court ordered Parliament to change the electoral laws to allow for independent individuals to stand for election to Parliament.

Source: The Star October 11, 2020 01:52 UTC