Quote of the week
Universal adult suffrage on a common voters roll is one of the foundational values of our entire constitutional order. The achievement of the franchise has historically been important both for the acquisition of the rights of full and effective citizenship by all South Africans regardless of race, and for the accomplishment of an all-embracing nationhood. The universality of the franchise is important not only for nationhood and democracy. The vote of each and every citizen is a badge of dignity and of personhood. Quite literally, it says that everybody counts. In a country of great disparities of wealth and power it declares that whoever we are, whether rich or poor, exalted or disgraced, we all belong to the same democratic South African nation; that our destinies are intertwined in a single interactive polity.
August and Another v Electoral Commission and Others (CCT8/99) [1999] ZACC 3
Proposals, Grants and Awards
Proposals, Grants & Awards
- London South Bank University invites applications for the 2010 African Commonwealth Scholarship. Only 15 scholarships are available. The submission deadline is 17 May 2010. For more information, click here.
- The Australian Government is calling for proposals for the AusAID Human Rights Grants. The grants support NGOs and human rights institutions to conduct human rights projects with direct and tangible benefits for at-risk populations. The submission deadline is 15 June 2010. For more information, click here.
- Entries are invited from young designers, e-content creators, writers and bloggers for the World Summit Youth Award. The projects should aim at using the Internet and mobiles to put the United Nations Millennium Development Goals into Action. The submission deadline is 20 June 2010. For more information, click here.
- To view other opportunities, click here.
