Ways South Africans Can Influence Political Decision Making

Question 1

How many parties participated in the 2019 SA GE

Answer 1

48

Question 2

How many members does the EFF part have

Answer 2

1 million

Question 3

Why can a high party membership be ineffective

Answer 3

Because a high member count doesn’t actually mean party success

Question 4

How often is a SA GE

Answer 4

Every 5 years

Question 5

What voting system does SA use

Answer 5

Party list system

Question 6

Why is the party list system effective

Answer 6

The percentages are proportional to how many votes they got

Question 7

How many elections has the ANC won since 1994

Answer 7

6

Question 8

What was the voter turn out in 1994

Answer 8

86%

Question 9

What was the voter turnout in 2019

Answer 9

49%

Question 10

Why do some blacks not vote the ANC anymore

Answer 10

They think that the ANC have failed to tackle social and economical parties

Question 11

What type of party is the DA viewed as

Answer 11

A white party

Question 12

What type of party is the EFF viewed as

Answer 12

An extremist party

Question 13

What rank is South Africa in media freedom

Answer 13

25 out of 180

Question 14

How many Facebook users does SA have and X users

Answer 14

24 million for Facebook
And 9 million for X

Question 15

What was the hashtag used for a president in 2018

Answer 15

zumamustfall

Question 16

How many times was the has-tag Zuma must fall used

Answer 16

Over a million times

Question 17

Why was the hashtag zuma must fall used

Answer 17

To go against the ANC corruption

Question 18

What was the scandal zuma was involved in with his house

Answer 18

He tried to ban journalists from taking photos of his home after he had used £15m of state money on refurbishing it

Question 19

What is SA called due to protests

Answer 19

“The protest capital of the world”

Question 20

How many South Africans protest a year

Answer 20

Around 2 million

Question 21

What did they protest in 2016

Answer 21

They protested scrapping tuition fees and succeeded

Question 22

What was act was brought in, in 2021 due to protesting

Answer 22

Domestic violence act due to the rising violence against women

Question 23

Why are South Africa under fire for their people protesting

Answer 23

The police are killing people who are protesting

Question 24

What was the most famous protest where people were killed and how many were

Answer 24

2012 marikana massacre where 34 miners were killed while protesting