Political Participation

Question 1

SA constitution protects the right to protest

Answer 1

SA has been dubbed “the protest capital of the world” and it has thr highest rates of public protests in the world

Question 2

Around 2M Africans take to the streets every year, some of which have been successful at influencing the govt

Answer 2

In 2016, tuition fees were scrapped for lower income families following student protests.
Treatment Action Campaign effectively influenced govt for better access to HIV treatments.

Question 3

People’s ability to influence has been infringed by ANC

Answer 3

In 2012 police officers killed 34 miners on strike in the Maracana Massacre and the National Prosecutor charged 259 miners with the murder of their collegues

Question 4

Freedom of press

Answer 4

SA was ranked 25th out of 180 countries for freedom of press in 2023 by reporters wormer borders ahead of the Us And Uk

Question 5

Point

Answer 5

Many of SAs 24M Facebook and 9M twitter user post and share political views this helps everyone have a say and share their opinion

Question 6

Example

Answer 6

ZumaMustFall was used over 1M times in social media in 2017 to put public pressure on Zuma to stand down as president

Question 7

Journalists and Bloggers

Answer 7

They have been harassed if they try to report on the alleged corruption within the ANC.
The govt tried to limit the rights of bloggers and journalists when the ‘national interest’ supposedly at stake using an apartheid era law ans the terrorism act.

Question 8

Example

Answer 8

In 2013 Zuma tried to ban journalists from photographing his private home after he had reportedly spent 25M of government funds refurbishing it

Question 9

Voting

Answer 9

All citizens have the right to vote ever 5 years in general elections to elect the National Assembly Manx provincial legislators.

Question 10

Party List

Answer 10

Arguably encourages voters to participate as seats are allocated proportionally which means there’s less wasted votes and more voter choice compared to other systems

Question 11

Example

Answer 11

2019 general election every voter had 48 parties on their ballot paper
However in fptp there are no constituencies for citizens to participate in politics
For example, MPs do not hold surgeries like they do in the UK

Question 12

Since the post apartheid era, ANC has dominated every party despite being so many parties on the paper