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Voter Education

ESST has partnered with local, provincial and national government to promote democracy in South Africa since 1994. Our work in this field includes:

• Informing and mobilizing communities to partner with local government structures in socio-economic development through the Integrated Development Plan and Ward Committee structures.

• Promoting awareness of, and access to, government development programmes to provide training and employment. This project is in its second phase, and is called, The People’s Contract for Faster and Shared Growth. It involves conducting community workshops, forming action groups linked to local government structures, and training people employed in the public and civil sector in government communication and local economic development to implement the People’s Contract project in their own constituencies.

• Conducting various voter education campaigns in South Africa and in other countries on our continent. ESST’s voter education campaigns provide practical information on the details of elections, and also raises awareness about democracy at community level

A list of our work in voter education to date:

2009 National and Provincial Elections: Your Questions Answered
2006 National campaign for the local elections, for the IEC.
2004 Let’s Vote – and Strengthen Our Democracy Over the Next Five Years A national campaign for the IEC.
2004 Vote! It’s Your Right, a national campaign for the IEC.
2003 Let’s Register, a national campaign for the IEC.
2000 A national campaign for the IEC and the Department of Provincial and Local Government.
1999 Register to Vote and The Power of Your Vote, campaigns for the IEC.
1995 A national voter education campaign for the Task Group for Local Elections.
1994 A national voter education campaign for the IEC.

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Malawi Voter Education Campaign

The Educational Support Services Trust 9 Kommissaris Street, Welgemoed 7530 PO Box 6460, Welgemoed 7538 Telephone No. +27 21 913 7710, Fax No. +27 21 913 7727 ESST is a non-governmental organisation registered with the Master of the South African High Court. Registration No. T800/89 Non-profit No. 000249NPO