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Research data: ELECTIONS
2011 Key issues in the 2011 government elections: in conversation with Udesh Pillay
Residents in townships and informal settlements have taken to the streets, emboldened by the president's recent State of the Nation address ...
2011 Elections don't lessen conflict: why the 'senseless' post-poll violence?
VANESSA BAROLSKY examines the way in which South Africa's fourth democratic elections, held in April 2009, have been interpreted as if it wa...
2011 A vote of confidence: results from the IEC election satisfaction survey 2011
The Independent Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) commissioned the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) in late 2010 to conduct t...
Download this report2011 A vote of confidence: election management and public perceptions of electoral processes in South Africa
The aim of this article is to examine the performance of the Electoral Commission (IEC) of South Africa. The analysis not only confines itse...