Introduction The consequences of a dominant party system for the successful consolidation of democracy, has always been an issue of interest amongst political scientists in democracies all over the world. In a situation whereby one political party dominates the political landscape and faces little prospect of defeat in the general elections, then concerns always arise surrounding the possibility of declining government response to public opinion, loss of accountability and the overall destruction
creation of a constitutionally single party state: The second important attempt taken by the independent African states was speaking loudly, openly and frankly about single-party, monoparty system. This aimed to transform the colonial multiparty system by which African leaders thought that colonial multi-party system will impede rapid growth of African political superstructure and development. Iliffe (1995, 2007: 395) noticed that ‘this politics seems to have entered the continent mainly through
The four noteworthy ethnic divisions among Black South Africans are the Nguni, Sotho-Tswana, Shangaan-Tsonga and Venda. Together the Nguni and Sotho record for the biggest rate of the aggregate Black populace. The real Sotho gatherings are the South Sotho, the West Sotho (Tswana), and the North Sotho (Pedi). Early Sotho beginnings and history is generally obscure, yet Ironworkers, who were most likely Sotho-speakers, were at Phalaborwa from the eighth century and at Melville Koppies in the Johannesburg