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A 10 page paper discussing the framework, the list proportional representation electoral system, by which it has conducted its first two national elections after the end of apartheid. The system allows many parties to be heard, but often can block long-term progress. Other nations new to democracy have chosen the same electoral system as did South Africa, but then stayed with systems that are not conducive to maturation of the democracy. South Africa, however, has taken the route of inviting nearly as many voices as there are views for the first two elections, and then reassessing its electoral system to avoid the traps of remaining mired in the many-voice approach. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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black voter in Johannesburg: "Im very angry, said Martha Mghbi ... They didnt fulfill anything. People are without jobs. The crime is too high. ... Im going to try another
party" (Crary, 1999; p. safrica990603). The entire world watched as South Africa held its first full-color elections in 1994. Amazingly, the elections
of 1999 are being watched nearly as closely as the first. Uneasiness arose in January 1999 as Johann Kriegler, head of South Africas election commission resigned suddenly and unexpectedly
(Daley, 1999) and final results from the June 2, 1999 elections still are not completely tallied, but it appears that South Africa has attained a meaningful electoral system. There
undoubtedly will be changes in the future, but the new democracy appears to be on the right path toward true representation of the people.
Background and the End of Apartheid In the mid-1990s, Sommer (1996) wrote a glowing report of how South Africa had been
able to institute astounding reforms in absolute peace and without a tract of violence. He was writing of events in 1993 and 1994, and indeed changes during those
years were highly progressive while also being peacefully accomplished. However, he fails to note, as do many authors in the 1990s, that reforms and return to the majority of
control of their country were not instituted in any atmosphere approaching peace. Nelson Mandela had been active in the politics of the country
since the early 1950s and indeed he has consistently presented a message of peaceful resistance. Apartheid had become so excruciatingly oppressive by the late 1970s, however, that there was
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