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supposedly unsophisticated voters. We had decided on a system of proportional representation; voters had to vote for the national legislature and the provincial one on the same day. All of these were thought to hold complexities that might be confusing to voters. In the end, it turned out that South Africa voters had almost a natural affinity to the process of voting. There were scores of foreign observers who also travelled the country, either assisting in voter education or monitoring the situation during the campaign period, ensuring that conditions for free and fair elections existed. Almost without exception, they afterwards commented about the positive spirit that existed in the country. There were other mechanisms operating to assist South Africans to operate in the spirit of open democracy in the run up to the elections. Amongst these were the Independent