The May 29th national and provincial elections have seen a recordbreaking number of candidates, with 58point14 percent of the list being male and 41point86 percent being female.
New and smaller parties contesting the national and provincial elections for the first time are hoping to get a share of the vote from the 27point79 million registered eligible voters.
But what is their role in possibly influencing the elections outcome?
To find out more about what some of these parties stand for, we are joined in the studio by Doctor Mbahare Kekana, President of Forum 4 Service Delivery, Philani Mavundla from the Abantu Batho Congress and Marius Fransman for People's Movement for Change.
Dr. Mbahare Kekana, President: Forum 4 Service Delivery

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