Party Funding

Calls for regulation of internal party election funding

Article Lester Kiewit - 24 Jul 2019

Revelations of Ramaphosa’s massive spending to beat Zuma are driving calls for more oversight of party funding

Elections: The great democratic swindle

Article Dinga Sikwebu - 14 May 2019

The trust in democratic institutions in South Africa is in decline and there is general ambivalence towards constitutionalism

Parties strain against Funding Act

Article Natasha Marrian - 10 May 2019

The ANC and DA rarely agree, but on the issue of party funding both camps feel the new law is far too strict

Dagga Party waiting to exhale on whether it will be on ballot

Article Lester Kiewit - 14 Mar 2019

The Dagga Party of South Africa’s high hopes to contest the 2019 elections could go up in smoke.

Toughen up party funding Bill, NGOs say

Article Govan Whittles - 22 Jun 2018

Secret donations may soon be a thing of the past if civil society groups get their way in Parliament

Party funding Bill adopted in National Assembly

Article Jan Gerber - 27 Mar 2018

The Bill will pave the way for political parties to declare who funds them.

DA: ConCourt to settle funding impasse

Article Govan Whittles - 27 Oct 2017

So far the ANC and the UDM have advocated for a fund to be managed by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC)

We ‘probably won’t’ appeal party funding ruling – DA

Article Paul Herman - 27 Sep 2017

Parliament has 18 months to amend the Promotion of Access to Information Act so that political parties can disclose their sources of private funding.

Infographic: Radical changes to party funding

Article Phillip De Wet - 27 Sep 2017

This is what a current Draft Political Party Funding Bill proposes

Crooks, cons among party donors

Article Govan Whittles - 4 Aug 2017

Tycoons, fraudsters and multinationals have all given generously. What were their motives?

Editorial: Lift the veil on party funding

Article Editorial - 4 Aug 2017

We have seen how secret party funding has corrupted politicians, or has allowed corrupt politicians to cover their tracks.

Letters to the editor: June 2 to 8 2017

Article bogdan TagDiv - 2 Jun 2017

Readers write in about the opposition, party donors, and the ANC.

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