Election observation missions

South Africa: Election observation reports and statements

Research

• Research report: Ensuring Free and Fair Local Government Elections During COVID-19, Masterson et al 2021
• Research report: Clayton Hazvinei Vhumbunu and Olufunto Akinduro (eds) 2020 Follow the Money: A Research Report on Party and Campaign Finance in South Africa's 2019 Elections, EISA.
  Policy brief: Party and campaign finance in South Africa in the 2019 National and Provincial Elections, Siphesihle Ndamase 2020.
• Research report: Promoting the Effectiveness of Democracy Protection Institutions in Southern Africa: South Africa's Public Protector and Human Rights Commission, Catherine Musuva, 2009
• Research report: Political Parties and Democratic Governance in South Africa, Tom Lodge and Ursula Scheidegger, 2006
• Occasional paper: Democratic Local Government Elections in South Africa: A Critical Review [PDF document], Sydney Letsholo 2006, OP 42.
• Research report: South Africa's 2004 Election: The Quest for Democratic Consolidation, edited by Laurence Piper, 2004
• Recognising Gender Equality and Its Implications for Free and Fair Elections, Glenda Fick, 1999; Order hard copy.
• The Participation of Women in South Africa's First Democratic Election: Lessons from the Past and Recommendations for the Future, Julie Ballington, 1999
  hard copy - R20
• Gender Checklist for Free and Fair Elections: South Africa, Glenda Fick, 1999; Order hard copy.

Books and book chapters

• Chapter 2 Party Coalitions in Post-Apartheid South Africa and their Impact on National Cohesion and Ideological Rapprochement 2006 Denis Kadima, IN Denis Kadima (ed), The Politics of Party Coalitions in Africa, pp 15-71
• Consolidating Democracy - South Africa's Second Popular Election, Tom Lodge
  Contents: Introduction; Consolidating democracy; the Electoral System; South African voters; Party preliminaries; Campaign trails; Provincial proceedings; Inputs and outcomes; God's kingdom on earth; Conclusion: democracy consolidated? Postscript: Taking office; Thabo Mbeki's first government.
• South Africa's Founding Democratic Election 1994: A Select and Annotated Bibliography
  Beth Strachan, 2005
  Bibliograpy comprising 1101 annotated entries, compiled in 1999. It reflects current preoccupations, the electoral process itself, preparations for the election, challenges and difficulties faced by the Independent Electoral Commission, the importance of the chosen electoral system, its implementation and consequences; the election results, their analysis, interpretation and correlation with political and opinion poll forecasts.
• South Africa's Second Democratic Election 1999: An Annotated Bibliography
  Beth Strachan, 2001
  Books, pamphlets, periodical articles, reports and conferences are included. Newspapers articles are not. It is based on the stock of the Electoral Institute of Southern Africa's own library, reflecting its focus and direction. Additional source material has been gleaned from the records of the Africa Institute, the Human Sciences Research Council, the South African Institute of International Affairs and the University of the Witwatersrand as well as from relevant data bases.
• One Woman, One Vote: The Gender Politics of South African Elections
  Eds Mary Simmons, Glenda Fick and Sheila Meintjies, 2002; Order hard copy
  EISA identified gender as a crucial variable in the politics of elections. Using the lessons of the past the contributors offer opinions for the future suggesting ways in which the impetus of the miracle of 1994 can be maintained.
• Local Government in South Africa Elections 2000
  David Pottie and Heather Ford, 2001; Order hard copy.
• From a Tier to a Sphere: Local Government in the New South African Constitutional Order
  Eds Doreen Atkinson and M Reitzes, 1999
  This collection of essays is the result of a year of collaborative effort by twelve local government specialists. The book examines the challenges posed by the new Constitution and by new policy directions in local government in South Africa.

Conferences

• South Africa: Strengthening Political Parties for Sustainable Democracy Workshop 2, 2-4 March 2009.
• South Africa: Strengthening Political Parties for Sustainable Democracy Workshop 1, 24-25 February 2009.
• Policy Dialogue on democracy protection institutions in southern Africa on 14 July 2009.
• Electoral Systems & Accountability: Options for Electoral Reforms in South Africa, Cape Town, South Africa, 2007.
• Regional Conference on Political Parties and Democratic Governance in the SADC Region, 2006.
• Political Parties: Policy development and public outreach workshop, 20 February 2006.
• Dialogue on Political Parties and Governance in the SADC Region: Angola, Botswana, DRC, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia, 14-15 April 2005, Johannesburg, South Africa
  Conference proceedings
• Voter Information and the Role of Community Radios in South Africa's 2004 Election, 2004.
• Roundtable meeting: Strengthening democracy in South Africa through party coalition building, June 2003.
• The South African Electoral System Roundtable, 2002.
• Conflict Management Programme Report: South African Local Government Elections August-December 2000, Johannesburg, June 2000; Order hard copy.
• Report on Conflict Management Committees and Arbitration Panels for the National Assembly and Provincial Elections, Johannesburg, June 1999; Order hard copy.
• Preparing for Local Government Elections: Encouraging Participation, Bisho, 1999; Order hard copy.
• Revisiting the Rural Model of Local Government in South Africa, 1997; Order hard copy.

Handbooks and manuals

• Legislation and Regulations for South Africa's Local Government Elections 2006
• South African Electoral Laws and Regulations, 2004 Tom Lodge, 2004
  It is intended to serve as a practical guide for electoral officials; party poll-watchers and candidates; observers; monitors; voter educators; reporters and broadcasters, and anyone else who may need to understand the legal framework within which these elections will be administered; Order hard copy.
• Legislation and Regulations for South Africa's Local Government Elections, Tom Lodge, Louise Olivier, A Venter, 2000; Order hard copy.
• Media and Electoral Law: A Guide For Print and Broadcast Editorial Personnel in South Africa, R Louw, 1999
  Summary of the role of the media in elections; introduction; election coverage by the media; role of the media; print media; broadcast media, electoral media restrictions that have been lifted; hate speech; advertisements; state publications; special votes for journalists and other media; electoral laws; Order hard copy.
• Conflict Resolving, EISA and IEC of RSA, 1999; Order hard copy
• Conflict Management for Presiding Officers and Counting Officers in South Africa, A Brews and C Nupen, 1999
  The objectives of the handbook are to promote understanding of the nature of conflict in the context of the 1999 democratic election in South Africa to inculcate management skills that Presiding and Counting officers will require, and to provide case studies for the kinds of dispute that may arise; Order hard copy.
• South African Electoral Laws and Regulations, 2nd ed, Tom Lodge et al, 1999
  It is intended to serve as a practical guide for electoral officials; party poll-watchers and candidates; observers; monitors; voter educators; reporters and broadcasters, and anyone else who may need to understand the legal framework within which these elections will be administered; Order hard copy.

Resources

Publications

South Africa