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Agree or disagree with 20 plain-language statements about land, jobs, the NHI, immigration, BEE and more. Your top party matches will be revealed at the end. Scroll down to start.

01Jobs / labour

Government should prioritise large-scale public employment programmes over relying mainly on private firms to create jobs.

Rather than relying mainly on private businesses to create jobs.

02Economic ownership / markets

Government should give selected industries subsidies or tax benefits that are unavailable to other industries.

Giving certain industries benefits that other industries cannot receive.

03Energy

Electricity generation, transmission and distribution should remain within one publicly owned utility.

Rather than separating electricity generation, the national grid and distribution into different organisations.

04Corruption / state

Governing political parties should have a formal role in choosing senior civil servants.

Giving governing parties an official role in top public-service appointments.

05Crime / justice

South Africa should reinstate the death penalty for murder.

Restoring execution as a possible legal punishment for murder.

06Education

Tuition at public universities should be free for all students, regardless of household income.

Free public university tuition for everyone, including students from wealthy households.

07Healthcare

Public funding for healthcare should be pooled in one national fund that purchases care for everyone.

One national fund buying healthcare for everyone, instead of separate public purchasers.

08Welfare / grants

A basic-income grant for working-age adults should be available regardless of their income.

Paying the grant without excluding people because of their income.

09Land / property

Land needed for redistribution should generally be acquired without compensating its owners.

Rather than generally paying owners when taking land for redistribution.

10Redress / race

Eligibility for economic redress should be based on disadvantage without using race as a criterion.

Using disadvantage or need to decide eligibility, without race-based criteria.

11Redress / race

Employers should be required to work towards sector-specific numerical targets for racial representation.

Requiring measurable racial-representation targets that differ by employment sector.

12Immigration

Asylum seekers should normally seek protection in the first safe country they reach rather than choose South Africa.

Rather than allowing asylum applicants to travel past a safe country to apply in South Africa.

13Democracy / rights

Courts should retain the power to overturn laws passed by Parliament when those laws violate the Constitution.

Rather than allowing unconstitutional laws to stand simply because Parliament passed them.

14Devolution / traditional

South Africa should abolish the provincial tier of government, including provincial legislatures and provincial executives.

Removing provincial legislatures and executives as a separate tier of government.

15Identity / cohesion

South African law should provide a process through which a region can become independent if its residents vote for independence.

A legal path to regional independence following a vote by that region’s residents.

16Foreign policy

South Africa should remain a member of the International Criminal Court.

Remaining in the international court that prosecutes genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity.

17Cost / tax / fiscal

Government should introduce a dedicated wealth tax on high-net-worth individuals.

A separate tax on the wealth of people with very high net worth.

18Climate / environment

Coal-sector workers affected by the energy transition should be retrained for new industries rather than protected by keeping coal operations open for longer.

Retraining affected coal workers for other industries, rather than prolonging coal operations to preserve their jobs.

19Housing

People living in state-provided housing should ultimately receive full private ownership rather than remain long-term tenants of the state.

Transferring state-provided homes to residents as private property, rather than keeping them as tenants.

20Faith / family

Abortion should be legally available on request in early pregnancy.

Without requiring a separate legal reason, such as a health risk, during early pregnancy.

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