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South Africa: Technical Assistance Report
This report summarizes IFES’ technical assistance mission to South Africa’s Independent Electoral Commission. The report is particular to the National and Provincial Elections in April 1994 with an aim towards recommendations for future elections.
October 31, 1994
Election Material
Civic Education Material
List of Media Projects
The IFEE Media Commission Evaluation Workshop held on 24-26 May 1994 published a list of media projects undertaken as part of IFEE’s voter education media programme. Included on the list are print media projects such as the comic book “Our Time to Choose” and audio visual materials such as the “What is Democracy” video. A bulk of the material is focused around the slogan “Heal Our Land.” The phrase was the theme of a television series, educational audio cassettes and was also found on t-shirts, bumper stickers and posters.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
South Africa Election
Entitled “South African Election: April 26-28 1994,” this publication from the Embassy of South Africa on April 19th, 1994 provides basic information to South African citizens living in the United States on their ability to participate in the first universal franchise election from April 26-28 1994. Included is a map of the nine regions of South Africa and complete instructions as to how to vote absentee as well as a list of voting locations.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Collection of Voter Education Materials from South Africa: Flyers, Posters, Instructions, etc.
This document contains a collection of posters, flyers and civic education literature pertaining to the 1994 national elections in South Africa. Included are posters with the exact date of the election and pamphlets depicting the voting and registration process. The material was part of an effort made to provide voter education to the large swath of the South African population who had been denied voting rights until this time.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Democracy and Voter Education Initiative
The “Democracy and Voter Education Initiative” published in 1994 by the Institute for Contextual Theology covers topics such as forms of state, electoral systems and democracy. The impetus for the “Initiative” was to educated people in South Africa on political participation in the democratic system and the concept of the vote.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Christians and Democracy
“Christians and Democracy” is comprised of 12 Bible Studies from Angola, adopted for use in South Africa and was published in January of 1994 by Diakonia for the Natal Churches campaign, “Educate for Democracy.” Real life stories, bible excerpts, and reflection questions accompany these 12 studies and are provided in the belief that the Church and Christians have an important role in building democracy in South Africa.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Voter education: Manual for Trainers
The third edition of the South African “Voter Education: A Manual for Trainers” was published in 1994 by the Centre for Development Studies and The National Democratic Institute for International Affairs. The piece was directed at those who would be training and educating new voters on the electoral process. The manual explains voting procedure as well as election terminology and shows trainers how to run workshops geared at educating the public on those topics.