Politikon, Volume 49, Issue 4 (2022)

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South Africa’s 2021 Local Government Elections: Priorities, Formations and Prospects

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South African local government at crossroads
Bhaso Ndzendze & Siphamandla Zondi
Pages: 295-296
Published online: 13 Jan 2023
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Beyond the binary: examining dynamic youth voter behaviour in South Africa
Martin Bekker, Carin Runciman & Benjamin Roberts
Pages: 297-317
Published online: 10 Dec 2022
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The 2021 municipal elections: rise of the volatile voter or disaffected citizen?
Collette Schulz-Herzenberg
Pages: 318-336
Published online: 02 Dec 2022
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Electing to electrify: unpacking the local crisis and state response in Sun Valley, Soweto
Luke Sinwell, Trevor Ngwane & Terri Maggott
Pages: 337-349
Published online: 28 Nov 2022
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An Election Postponement as a Change of the Constitution: Its Democratic and Constitutional Implications
Dirk Kotzé
Pages: 350-365
Published online: 10 Dec 2022
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South Africa’s dwindling developmental local government: a dying dream?
Marcel Felicity Nagar
Pages: 366-381
Published online: 30 Nov 2022
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Local government elections and the illusion of pragmatism
Mabutho Shangase
Pages: 382-395
Published online: 01 Feb 2023
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An Agenda with no gender: 2021 local government elections and patriarchal domination in South African politics
Hlengiwe Ndlovu
Pages: 396-410
Published online: 02 Jan 2023
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Governing Through Turbulent Coalitions: Will ActionSA Bring Stability to Gauteng Metropolitan Municipalities?
Isaac Khambule
Pages: 411-427
Published online: 30 Nov 2022
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Are South African political parties thinking about the future in local governance? Assessing the 2021 LGE manifestos for responses to technological, climate and demographic changes
Bhaso Ndzendze & Zimkhitha Manyana
Pages: 428-445
Published online: 07 Dec 2022
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Hesitancy to participate in South African local government elections – rural voter’s perspective
Masindi Cecilia Mashapha, John Ntshaupe Molepo & Mogotsi Caiphus Maleka
Pages: 446-456
Published online: 02 Jan 2023
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Protests as a form of electioneering? A comparative study of the 2016 and 2021 local government elections protests in Gauteng and Kwa-Zulu Natal
Norman Sempijja & Collin Olebogeng Mongale
Pages: 457-475
Published online: 21 Jan 2023
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South African electoral trends: prospects for coalition governance at national and provincial spheres in 2024
Ayabulela Dlakavu
Pages: 476-490
Published online: 01 Dec 2022
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