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Election '99
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you should be voting for.

At a glance
Compare the parties
on our measurement
matrix and see how
they shape up.

The People
Get under the skin
of our major politicians:
Mangosuthu Buthelezi
Bantu Holomisa
Tony Leon
Thabo Mbeki
Stanley Mogoba
Marthinus van Schalkwyk
Constand Viljoen

The Parties
See how the parties
see themselves:
ACDP | ANC | DP
FF | IFP | NNP
PAC | UDM | FRINGE
Unregistered parties
AWB | HNP | SACP

Speaker of the House
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the speaker's chair
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Who should you vote for?


 

Do you think you know which party you will support in this year's election, or are you are one of the 20% of South Africans who are as yet undecided? We will help you decide. Simply make the selection that most appropriately describes your opinion of these key issues, and we will tell you which party you should be voting for. You MUST make a choice on every question or we cannot analyse your results. Beware, as you may discover some nasty truths about yourself...


Crime and punishment

1.The death penalty should be:

Brought back as a form of punishment
Re-examined by means of a referendum
Remain banned

2.Reforms to South Africa's criminal justice system:

Is on the road to being adequately reformed
Still need further reforms
Require harsher laws to be added

3.Who is to blame for the poor police performance?

The police themselves
The inherited Apartheid system
The government, as it has not re-skilled and restructured the police force

4.Crime has:

Spiraled out of control
Remained at the same level it has always been, but been sensationalised by the media
Lessened

5.The problem with government corruption has:

Improved somewhat and is more transparent than before
Is just as bad as it was with the previous government
Reached unacceptable levels

6.Justice is seen to be done:

In the courts, as the rule of law remains
In the same instances as it has in the past
Seldom
By vigilante groups who take the law into their own hands

Your wallet

7.The economy:

Is sound and will improve soon
Has not changed significantly since 1994
Has worsened and needs fundamental reformsd

8.Economic growth can be achieved by:

More state spending
Fiscal discipline
Leaving it to business

9.The state of employment in the country:

Is a serious concern but will improve soon
Not changed significantly in any way
Worsened, with unemployment becoming an ever-worsening problem

10.Economic reform, including privatisation, labour laws and exchange controls should be implemented:

As soon as possible
Slowly
Not at all

11.Foreign investors:

Have been scared away by the crime and violence
Have not really changed their opinion of the country
Are still confident and are investing in the country

12.State-owned and para-statal organisations such as Telkom, the Post Office, SAA, Iscor and Eskom should:

Be privatised selectively and be used to advance black economic empowerment
Be privatised as soon as is economically possible
Not be privatised so quickly as this will result in unemployment

13.The activities of tobacco companies should be:

Regulated with immediate effect
Regulated in a phased approach with more consultation
Governed by market forces alone

14.The introduction of the new labour legislation (Basic Conditions of Employment Act, Labour Relations Act, Employment Equity Act) has:

Improved the South African workplace by making it more equitable and less exploitative
Not materially changed the lot of the employer or employee
Damaged the workplace by making employers less likely to hire new staff, and affirmative action policies have placed additional strain on current employees

Diplomatic moves

15.South Africa's foreign relations with countries such as China, Libya and Cuba should be:

Extended, as these nations played an important role in the fall of apartheid
Withdrawn, as these nations do not represent the types of governments or human rights pedigrees we should be associating with

16.South Africa has been involved in a number of regional and continent-wide peace-keeping initiatives. The country:

Has a responsibility to play a role in peace-keeping on the continent
Should stop wasting tax payers' money on these irrelevant missions

Quality of life

17.Delivery of services has:

Improved enormously with more people having access
Remained the same but become more equitably distributed
Worsened to unacceptable levels

18.The health system in South Africa has:

Improved and is serving more people
Stagnated or remained the same
Worsened and is on the brink of collapse

19.Education in our country has become:

More equitable with more children in school than ever before and more people having access to learning
Remained abysmal
A joke. Standards have dropped and the system is in complete chaos

20.The housing situation has:

Improved with more citizens having a house as well as a system of addressing the need for housing
Has improved but is corrupt and wasteful
Worsened with informal housing areas and squatters flooding every available space.

21.The local governments of Durban, Cape Town and Johannesburg should be::

Centralised and managed as megacities, along the lines of New York
Left to remain decentralised in the form of independent municipalities

22. The provinces should be given:

More power
The same power as they currently have
Less power

Heart and soul

23.The Truth and Reconciliation process has resulted in:

South Africans healing themselves and the country by uncovering the truth of the Apartheid past
Little difference in the daily lives of South Africans
Old wounds being opened up and groups polarising into opposing camps

24.Reconciliation should be:

Continued
Increased to avoid conflict
Decreased in favour of transformation

25.Sports teams should be:

Well-regulated to ensure that teams are representative of the make-up of the nation
Left to the devices of the respective boards as they have in the past
Constituted according to merit, where players who display the best aptitude are on the team

26.Illegal immigrants:

Should be treated with sympathy
Make no difference to South African society or the economy
Should be repatriated with immediate effect and measures aimed at preventing their entry into the country increased

27.Ethnic groups within South Africa should:

Have the right to self-determination
Exercise their rights within the contex of a single South Africa

28.Bar-coded identity documents:

Should be required for anyone to vote
Make no difference to the eligibility of voters
Should not be required for people to vote

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