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Prepare your people to vote
Published by the Evangelical Fellowship of South Africa, this letter entitled “Prepare Your People to Vote” provides voter education with a Christian bias in preparation for the upcoming 1994 elections in South Africa that marked the end of apartheid. The first edition of this letter, which also defines democracy and the biblical reasons for favoring democracy, was published in September of 1993.
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Preparing our churches for the elections
“Preparing our Churches for the Elections” is a pamphlet published by the Natal Church Leaders’ Group written to church leaders in order to educate them on the common questions of the citizens and to provide them with the proper questions to ask of political parties in order to better inform the public as to who to vote for. Also included are other ideas to prepare for the South African upcoming elections and resources used in the publishing of this document. The date of publication is not provided.
Election Material
Election and Political Party Law
Independent Electoral Commission Act, 1993
Independent Electoral Commission Act, 1993
Election Material
Election and Political Party Law
Transitional Executive Council (Draft) Bill
Transitional Executive Council (Draft) Bill
Election Material
Election and Political Party Law
Final Draft of the Independent Media Commission Bill
Final Draft of the Independent Media Commission Bill
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Suriname Emerges
“Suriname Emerges,” was a play written in 1993 that was intended to stimulate a discussion and teach about civic values. The play set in a futuristic, cohesive and democratic Suriname with Creole as the primary language of the performance. However the actions and visual narrative of the actors on stage express the plays message as well, making it accessbile to a wide audience.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Christians Democracy and the Elections
A letter from the leaders of the Natal Churches in South Africa, “Christians, Democracy, and the Elections” provided voter education as well as voter motivation in preparation for South Africa’s first ever national elections in 1994. Published by the Natal Church Group on June 10th 1993, this letter stressed how Christians in South Africa had the duty to defend democracy.
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Participants' Manual for the voter trainers' programme
Published by the Independent Mediation Service of South Africa in 1993, “Participants’ Manual for the Voter Trainers’ Program” provides exercises to ensure fair and responsible behavior in voter trainers’ classes. This document provides a series of illustrations of different conflicts between the trainer and the trainees and asks the applicant to provide resolutions to these potential scenarios in order to test each applicant.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Project X: A Different History Lesson
Project X – A Different History Lesson is a book written by Belinda Mendelowitz and first published in 1993 by Macmillan Boleswa Publishers is dedicated to the youth of South Africa and highlights the importance of youth voter education. This fictional story of a 4th grade class who become educated on ideas of tolerance, freedom of speech, and voting after the announcement of the first democratic election in South Africa serves as an example of South African attempts to educate the youth on the importance of democratic and free elections.