Local government matters: the ‘toilet elections’ in South Africa

Carole Rakodi is Emeritus Professor in the International Development Department and is currently attached to the African Centre for Cities at the University of Cape Town as an academic mentor under a mentoring programme funded by the Mellon Foundation. Local government elections are notorious for low voter turnout, but the turnout for last month’s elections … Continue reading “Local government matters: the ‘toilet elections’ in South Africa”