Political party funding
Court challenge over secret political donations
My Vote Counts wants all political donations disclosed, no matter how small
Law | 17 February 2025
Electoral Court fines ANC, ATM, COPE, PAC, NFP and AIC
They failed to provide audited financial statements
Law | 13 May 2024
Amended law will improve transparency of political party funding
Parties have to publicly disclose their financial backers
Law | 15 June 2020
Political donations: the silence of the developers
Most fail to answer questions sent by the Observatory Civic Association
By Tauriq Jenkins and Leslie London
Opinion | 6 May 2019
Understanding the My Vote Counts judgment
Within the next 18 months South Africans are likely to find out who funds which political parties
Law | 27 June 2018
Understanding the party funding judgment
Judge finds that privacy of donors is not a good enough reason to limit the right to vote
Law | 28 September 2017
Disclosure of party funding: only if it’s relevant, says DA
Not all funding information is useful to voters, argues opposition party
Law | 16 August 2017
Voters have a right to information about party funding, court told
DA to oppose calls for disclosure of funders
Law | 15 August 2017
Parliament committee on party funding begins its work
First meeting discusses whether ruling party is entitled to make its own representation
By Sune Payne and GroundUp Staff
Parliament | 4 August 2017