Cape Town – Democracy – significant and effective political participation and representation – has been the biggest casualty in South Africa’s democratisation process. The biggest losers are citizens and communities whose voices are continuously drowned out of the public participation processes.

Citizens now understand that elections that are held under the “free-and-fair” banner have not necessarily translated into democracy, but are a mere unconditional delegation of power to elected representatives.
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