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Hobbits
By Steuart Pennington In his book ‘Against Democracy’ Professor Jason Brennan from Georgetown University, describes three types of voters. He distinguishes between voters that are hobbits, hooligans and Vulcans. Vulcans are noted for their attempt to live by logic and reason with as little interference from emotion as possible   “Hobbits are those who did...
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The IEC tells us that 380 parties are lining up to contest the National Election and 1414 the Provincial Elections. YIKES, does that mean 380 manifestos will be put out there to enable us curious voters to decide before May 29? Maybe a few Vulcans will read one or two (https://www.sagoodnews.co.za/?s=Hobbits) but I suspect not!
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The IEC tells us that 369 parties are lining up to contest the National Election and 1396 the Provincial Elections. YIKES, does that mean 369 manifestoes will be put out there to enable us curious voters to make a decision before May 29?
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In 2019 some 50 parties contested the national and provincial election, 14 parties ended up in Parliament, eight with 2 or less representatives. 28 of the parties were not represented in Parliament
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Steuart as a speaker

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Steuart has done some 500 talks on South Africa’s progress since 1994 and SA’s prospects for the future

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