In the previous article, I argued that the ANC had transitioned from being a liberation movement to become a conventional Western political party, like that of the UK or the US, focusing on elections every four or five years. It was argued that this would have a negative effect for the involvement of the public in matters that concerned them. In making the case for popular power to be revived and to become a part of our daily acts of agency as members of South African society, I may have brushed aside the need for representative government or put in insufficient qualifiers, for there is no need to choose one or the other.
Professor Raymond Suttner unpacks his column 'For democracy to be meaningful, representative government and popular power need to coexist'
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