Controversial election legislation rushed through Parliament may head to court if proposed 11th-hour talks fail

Controversial election legislation rushed through Parliament may head to court if proposed 11th-hour talks fail

Residents of the Motsoaledi informal settlement behind Baragwanath Hospital in Johannesburg wait in long queues at a voting station on 18 May 2011 to cast their ballots in municipal elections. But the draft law from Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi also included a controversial change to the funding formula for represented political parties and independents to a proportional 90% allocation according to strength and a 10% equitable allocation, or 90:10.

It has been an unusually fast pace in law-making – four months since the draft law was tabled in Parliament to the scheduled vote on 12 March. Its own calculation showed the biggest party would get the most money – more even than on the 90:10 proportional/equitable formula, which was ultimately approved.

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