by Sheilan Clarke | 8 October 2018 | Funding, Party finance | 0 Comments

Let’s face it — political corruption in South Africa has reached epidemic proportions. Every day we are finding out just how our elected leaders have been shamelessly taking what is rightfully ours. If anything, the State Capture Inquiry reveals, but yet also...

by Sheilan Clarke | 3 October 2018 | Electoral systems, General | 0 Comments

Did you know that people aged between 20 and 44 make up 57% of the world’s population but only 26% of the world’s MPs? Why are there so few people in this age bracket in positions of power? Is it the lack of civic education? Age bias? Or is it simply that young people...

by Sheilan Clarke | 28 September 2018 | Funding, Party finance | 0 Comments

MVC and Right To Know have set up a petition that asks the President to sign the Political Party Funding Bill before the 2019 elections. It is our democratic right to not just vote but to make an informed vote. The information of political parties’ private donor...