Election time!

The date for the next election in South Africa has been set for Wednesday 22 April 2009. The political landscape has changed significantly since the last election. A new party, COPE, has appeared; the ANC has suffered the defection of longstanding members; we are part of a world in economic turmoil, and have witnessed the inauguration of the first Black American president. Interesting times indeed, which will no doubt make for an interesting election. Whether our politicians are going to deal with this in interesting new ways, as Barack Obama did, and continues to do,by using digital media to great effect; (see for instance the live question and answer session at Ft Myers posted on the White House blog yesterday) remains to be seen.

Judge for yourself whether our politicians are up to the challenge by visiting the websites of the main players:

African National Congress (ANC)

Congress of the People (COPE)

Independent Democrats (ID)

Democratic Alliance (DA)

Labels: 2009 election, ANC, COPE, DA, ID, South African election

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