Independent candidates will no longer need 15 000 signatures to contest next year's general elections. The Constitutional Court found the signature quota to contest elections unconstitutional, ruling 1 000 signatures were sufficient. But the Independent Candidates Association failed to convince the Apex court that the 200/200 split in the Electoral Amendment Act - which governs the threshold for seats in the National Assembly and provincial legislatures is unconstitutional. For more on this, Elvis Presslin spoke to Dr. Michael Louis, Chairperson of the One South Africa Movement (OSA)