{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Ghanamma.com","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za","author_name":"SouthAfrica News","author_url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/author\/ghanamma\/","title":"The Electoral Amendment Bill: Citizen power obstructed - Ghanamma.com","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"y6fRTTGT3L\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/2023\/04\/21\/the-electoral-amendment-bill-citizen-power-obstructed\/\">The Electoral Amendment Bill: Citizen power obstructed<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/2023\/04\/21\/the-electoral-amendment-bill-citizen-power-obstructed\/embed\/#?secret=y6fRTTGT3L\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;The Electoral Amendment Bill: Citizen power obstructed&#8221; &#8212; Ghanamma.com\" data-secret=\"y6fRTTGT3L\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"By Nkanyiso Simelane South Africans increasingly desire to disassociate themselves from political parties. A corrupt political party culture with, for the most part, a lack of effective accountability, limits party member participation, frustrates the voting public and hinders citizen power. Even though at the local election level independent political candidacy has always been an option, [&hellip;]","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/image-prod.iol.co.za\/16x9\/800?source=https:\/\/xlibris.public.prod.oc.inl.infomaker.io:8443\/opencontent\/objects\/ff28a852-a7c6-595d-8cf6-1e348280508f"}