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What is democracy? Democracy 101 is your guide to understanding the principles, challenges and history of democratic systems worldwide. This series shares insights, expert interviews and real-life stories that aim to empower and equip you with knowledge to make better decisions when it comes to voting.
Based on 4 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Democracy 101 connects ballots, municipal leadership and the rule of law to the everyday choices through which citizens encounter government.
Democracy 101 makes South African politics legible through candid studio conversations shaped by Jack Mutlante's practical questioning. An election-day special explains the three ballots, including how independent candidates can reach Parliament, while a first-time voter…
Even four million votes could mean one independent seat; your regional-ballot questions have company.
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South Africa's democracy, unemployment, and patriotism sit at the center of a blunt conversation.
Democracy 101 uses its conversation with Oyama Mabandla to take a blunt look at South Africa's elections, unemployment, and the pressure on public life.
South Africa's democratic strain gets a blunt, practical airing.
Democracy 101 turns a morning conversation about South Africa's elections into a clear look at a young democracy still asking hard questions as it nears 30 years of democratic life.
A party's liberty-first pitch meets lower taxes, a smaller state and the problem of unfinished policy.
Democracy 101 tests the Organic Humanity Movement's idea of liberty against the practical pressure points of elections, taxes and the reach of the state.
A party pitch that keeps circling back to tax, waste, and what government costs.
Democracy 101 leans into the coming elections as a blunt talk about what government is for, with Lauren Bernardo, the leader of the Organic Humanity Movement, and Matthew Pinard joining Gareth Cliff and Jack Mutlante as the conversation moves between democracy, the IEC, and…
A candid election conversation about access, charisma, and the simple instruction to vote.
Democracy 101 frames an election-season conversation with Lorenza Eckhart around political access, public charisma, and the ordinary but essential act of voting.
A candid election discussion about political visibility, strategic silence, and the duty to vote.
Democracy 101: Perspective Pulse reads election coverage as a test of political accountability: who is willing to answer questions, and who benefits from staying quiet.
A first-time voter conversation that makes election month feel immediate and practical.
Democracy 101 enters election month with 27 million registered voters and a mood that feels mostly meh, then uses a first-time voter to ask how much of the voting conversation actually reaches younger people.
A blunt, useful talk about why first-time voters are still hard to reach.
Democracy 101 frames a first-time voter conversation against election month in South Africa, and it lands on a sobering truth: the political mood is thin.
Combative civics for an unstable political moment.
Homespun conservative reactions to public disorder.
Antiwar interviews without institutional politeness.
Georgia politics, climbing fast.
Practical tech, local questions, plain answers.
Campaign mechanics, without the polish.
Election month lands on the last day of April.
Election morning starts in the queue.
Election month is almost here.
Chris Pappas and Sandile Migat get pressed early.
Why follow the law?
The host opens Democracy 101 as a live check-in on South Africa's elections.
The host opens with a live-platform roll call.
Democracy 101 keeps its focus on the coming elections.
Democracy 101: Decentralised visions features Gareth Cliff interviewing Lauren Bernardo and Matthew Pinard of the Organic Humanity Movement about South Africa's upcoming elections and democratic reform.
Lorenza Eckhart, host of Lorenza Eckhart's Ingesprek, tells Gareth that South African voters are increasingly willing to support parties representing culture, language, religion, and tribal identity rather than choosing only the ANC or DA.
Lorenza Eckhart, host of Lorenza Eckhart's Ingesprek, describes a South African election shaped by roughly 300 parties, smaller identity-based movements, and coalition uncertainty.