9 October 2007
Tomorrow is the last day of the Multi-Stakeholder Conference hosted by the
Electoral Commission (IEC) in Bryanston, Johannesburg.
The first session will deal with intra and inter party democracy and
addressed by Khabele Matlosa, a research director at EISA.
The last session will take the form of a debate with political parties.
Parties will reflect on issues discussed during the conference such as the
development of electoral systems, floor-crossing, the nexus between democracy
and democracy, citizen participation in democracy, party funding, the role of
the media in elections and inter and intra democracy.
The following parties and their representatives indicated their availability
to participate in the debate:
* African Christian Democratic Party: J Downs, Deputy President
* African Nazareth Democratic Movement: L Thokozani, President
* African National Congress: S Mthembi-Mahanyele, Deputy Secretary General and
S Ngonyama, Head Communication â NEC
* Al Jama-ah: M Hendricks, President
* Azanian Peoples' Organisation: S Thokoane, Representative
* Democratic Alliance: S Botha, Leader in Parliament
* Federation Democrats: L Green, Party Leader
* Independent Democrats: R Lentit, Representative
* Inkatha Freedom Party: S Seaton, Deputy Chief Whip
* Khoisan United Front: S Van Der Berg, President
* Minority Front: S Rajbally, Representative
* National Alliance: F MacKenzie, Party Leader
* National Democratic Convention: M Mdlalose, Party Leader Representative
* Pan-Africanist Congress: Mudini Maivha, Representative
* United Democratic Movement: B Holomisa, Party Leader
* United Party of South Africa: R C Stemmet, Acting Party Leader
* Vryheidsfront Plus: C Mulder, Chief Whip
It is expected that this will be a lively debate gauging discussions during
the conference.
The programme for tomorrow is as follows:
Wednesday, 10 October 2007
9h00 to 9h15: Summary of the previous day
Chairperson: Mawethu Mosery, IEC Provincial Electoral Officer:
KwaZulu-Natal
Speaker: Itumeleng Masenya, IEC Manager Electoral Matters: Limpopo
Session eight
9h15 to 9h45: Inter and Intra Party Democracy
Speaker: Khabele Matlosa, Research Director, EISA
Respondents: Ayesha Kajee, Programme Director: International Human Rights
Exchange, University of the Witwtersrand and Somadoda Fikeni, Chief Operations
Officer, National Heritage Council
9h45 to 10h30: Discussions
10h30 to 10h45: Coffee or tea break
10h45 to 12h30: Responses by political parties
Chairperson: Courtney Sampson, IEC Provincial Electoral Officer: Western
Cape
Speaker: Leaders of political parties
12h30 to 13h15: Discussions
13h15 to 13h30: Vote of thanks, Terry Tselane, IEC Commissioner
13h30: Lunch
Departure of delegates
For more information, please visit the website at http://www.elections.org.za/multistakeholderconference
For media enquiries and to set up interviews, please contact:
Lydia Young
Cell 082 650 8652
Issued by: Independent Electoral Commission
9 October 2007
Source: Independent Electoral Commission (http://www.elections.org.za)
