What is a petition? What constitutes a valid petition? Tonight we’re speaking about petitions. According to Change.org…an organisation that does petitions…their Global Digital Civic Engagement Index ranked South Africa as the top country for digital activism in the first half of 2020. It was quoted saying South Africa saw a growth of 600 percent more users in 2020 and over 1000 percent growth in signatures on petitions. The topics for the petitions included issues such as COVID-19, police brutality and Gender-Based Violence. Tonight we’re joined by Clement Mabunda a candidate attorney from KW Attorneys and he will be sharing his insights on petitions

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