Political analysts anticipated the demise of CSN in the upcoming elections, citing organisational deficiencies and voter disinterest.
Experts foresaw the end for CSN in the elections due to lack of structure and voter traction.It was no surprise that former FirstRand Group chair Roger Jardine’s political start-up, Change Starts Now , will not make it to the
“A glance at the newly emerged parties demonstrates that they do not have a clearly defined ideological outlook, hence their policies bring no novelty to the left and right of established parties. Before the ConCourt ruling, they needed to secure signatures equivalent to 15% of the votes necessary to attain a parliamentary seat in the preceding elections.However, only 1 000 signatures are required for independent candidates to contest an election, after the apex court ordered the amendment of this provision of the Electoral Amendment Act.Political analyst Piet Croucamp said Jardine’s withdrawal from the election was predictable.
“They thought somewhere in the middle there was a little sweet spot he could make some political hay, but he was really never a candidate.”Another political analyst, Khanya Vilakazi, said what SA is witnessing, is proportional representation was good for 1994 and having many parties that mushroom towards the elections because of the low threshold of political participation, does divide any form of resistance against the dominant political parties.
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