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Final Draft of the Independent Media Commission Bill
Final Draft of the Independent Media Commission Bill
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La Guinee, une famille a Construire
“La Guinee, une famille a Construire” is an August 1993 essay, available in French, which states that Guinea currently finds itself in a divided state where anarchy is becoming the mode of society – the essay urges citizens of Guinea, instead of spreading violence while waiting for the authorities to react, to take part in politics and make the upcoming 1993 Presidential Elections a turning point for the country. The document, published by the Episcopal Conference of Guinea, expresses the belief that if people follow the route of democracy, that society will settle itself and national unity will be achieved.
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.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
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.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Voter education
“Voter Education,” published in 1993, describes democracy, free and fair elections, and the process of voting in the context of the upcoming 1994 South African elections. The 1994 elections were the first in which universal adult suffrage was permitted. The literature is interactive and requires the reader to participate in exercises testing his or her knowledge of the electoral process and voter participation.
Election Material
Election and Political Party Law
Independent Broadcasting Authority Bill
Independent Broadcasting Authority Bill
Election Material
Election and Political Party Law
South Africa Electoral Bill 1993
South Africa Electoral Bill 1993
Election Material
Civic Education Material
En Route avec Notre Peuple vers la Democratie (Declaration sur la situation guieenne)
“En Route avec Notre Peuple vers la Democratie (Declaration sur la situation guineenne)” is an October 1992 report, available in French, which summarizes the Guinean situation in connection to the state of democracy in the country. The document, published by the Episcopal Conference of Guinea, describes the stance the Church of Guinea takes on political advancement in Guinea – to increase democracy, freedom and peace.