South Africa Constitutional Court Strikes Down High Petition Requirements for Independent Candidates for Parliament

Posted on by December 4, 2023

On December 4, the highest court in South Africa struck down the petition requirements for independent candidates for the national parliament, a petition of 15% of the voters. The court said there isn’t time to expect the national legislature to change the law, so it ruled that 1,000 signatures will be needed for the upcoming election. See this story.

Originally South Africa did not have provision for independent candidates at all, but some years ago the same court ruled that independent candidates must be permitted. South Africa has been using proportional representation starting in 1994, the year in which free elections started.

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South Africa Constitutional Court Strikes Down High Petition Requirements for Independent Candidates for Parliament — 16 Comments

  4. “Year in which free elections started”

    LOL. Yes, South Africa is so much better off under black rule, much like Zimbabwe, Uganda, Somalia, Liberia, Haiti, DC, Detroit, Chicago… It may seem otherwise to South Africans, but as long as the rest of the world considers us “free,” it doesn’t matter too much how free we actually are of White genocide, rampant crime, gangs, communism, economic decline, covid fascism, bureaucratic idiocy, illiterates (economic and otherwise) in power, rampant disease, and so much more.

  6. Most of them are communist now. They hate Jews and all other Whites, and blacks of any tribe besides theirs, coloureds, Asians, plus anyone of any race who is not a communist, or not the right flavour of communist.

  8. Trump supporting patriots have the guns and the numbers. Quisling tyrant Biden and his commie traitors are in trouble, including troll moron AZ. XiNN is fake news.

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    Will troll moron AZ ever stop posting retarded links and asking retarded “questions” ???

  13. EARLIER QUESTIONS —

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    APR 1861 —- SHOULD PREZ LINCOLN DECLARE A REBELLION/INSURRECTION EXISTS IF THE CONFEDS ATTACK FT SUMTER IN SC ???

  14. Yeah, comparing AZ retarded “questions” to those is retarded.

  15. I just skimmed the decision, so correct me if I’m wrong, but South Africa did this with little in the way of data. As in, the judges did not rely on decades of data showing that the signature requirement was met by few to no candidates, but relied on abstract reasoning. That is why the South Africa ruling seems a bit radical.

    But in several states in the US, decades of data is available. Relying on the data in the US would not seem radical at all. Yet for whatever reason, it can be so difficult to win such evidence-based cases here in the US.

    Also, wow, the South Africa decision cites signature requirements in foreign countries.

  16. If South Africa started having “free elections” in 1994, when did the United States start having free elections? Please explain your answer.

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