Political Funding

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ANC coffers dry as donors pull the plug

ANC Treasurer-General Gwen Ramokgopa explains how donor disclosure stigma and past financial mismanagement have hampered the party's fundraising, as the ANC implements…

Refuting the claims: Though he admits the role of money in the organisation, Fikile Mbalula has denied culpability.

The ANC politics of money

A legal dispute between Fikile Mbalula and Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has put a spotlight on the entrenched culture of vote-buying and money politics shaping ANC leadership contests.

(Photo: Delwyn Verasamy)

We should give political parties more money

If supporters do it for democracy — and not to gain favour — then it needn’t be secret

Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng

ConCourt confirms voters have the right to be informed on private political funding

High Court Judge Yasmin Shenaz Meer ruled last year that Parliament had 18 months to rectify the "inconsistencies" in the PAIA

Editorial: It’s dangerous to other foreigners (Photo Archive)

Editorial: A vote for funds disclosure

‘​The long-in-the-works Political Party Funding Bill was passed by Parliament on Tuesday, not with a bang but rather with a whimper’

Court stalls our right to know

To exercise our vote meaningfully, we must be told who is funding political parties.

Julius Malema

Is an eccentric billionaire funding the EFF? We’ll never know

This is the latest in a long line of mysterious allegations, which prove that South Africa must demand its political parties disclose their funders.