The Political Party Funding Act (PPFA), which came into force on 1 April, has yielded its first quarterly report. Out of over 500 registered parties, only three – the ANC, DA, and ActionSA – made declarations of qualifying donations received from donors. On 9 September the Independent Electoral Commission released the 2021/22 first quarter party Read more >
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Recent history in South Africa has laid bare how money and narrow interests have captured the state, influenced our politics, derailed service delivery, weakened our institutions, and threatened our democracy. We have recently faced one of the greatest moments of upheaval in our country since the dawn of democracy. The protests in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal Read more >
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Act 6 of 2018, otherwise known as the Political Party Funding Act (PPFA), has been signed into law by President Cyril Ramaphosa. The act was gazetted on 23 January. It represents a significant step forward for democracy and accountability in the murky world of political party funding and opens up such funding to public and Read more >