Political party funding act
ANC backs draft regulations for Political Party Funding Act
ANC NEC member Phoebe Potgieter-Gqubule said the ANC has over 4,000 branches and this would make it hard to regulate as each branch collects donations.
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Business Leadership SA supports draft Party Funding Act regulations
Business Leadership South Africa’s Busisiwe Mavuso said her organisation supports the draft regulations as these would go a long way in creating ethical leadership.
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ANC, Busa, BLSA to make voices heard on Political Party Funding Act
ANC spokesperson Dakota Legoete said the party would raise issues regarding the threshold amount in terms of declaring funding when the party makes its submission today.
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Calls for review of certain provisions of Political Party Funding Act
While some parties and organisations support the draft regulations making party funding more transparent, others have raised technical concerns.
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IEC told to lower political funding declaration to R50k
For two days, the Independent Electoral Commission will hold hearings on draft regulations for the Political Party Funding Act which was signed into law earlier this year.
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Public hearings on Political Party Funding Act set to start
The hearings come after My Vote Counts won a Constitutional Court application in June last year forcing political parties to publicly disclose their funders.
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Political parties off the hook over private donors, for now
According to the Political Party Funding Act, any donation above R100,000 has to be disclosed by both the donor and the recipient of the funds.
