by Sonke Mzana | 7 February 2019 | Electoral systems, Funding, General, Political Parties
On the 7th of February 2019, President Cyril Ramaphosa will be delivering his speech on the State Of The Nation Address. The whole world will be listening attentively to the speech and expecting some solutions to the problems that faces our country. Here are some I...
by Sheilan Clarke | 8 October 2018 | Funding, Party finance
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 | 28 September 2018 | Funding, Party finance
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...
by Sheilan Clarke | 10 August 2018 | Funding, Party finance, Political Parties
Dear President Cyril Ramaphosa We write to you as civil society organisations working in the interest of upholding democracy and improving our political system through greater transparency. The gap in political party financial disclosure and monitoring regulation in...
by admin | 15 June 2018 | Funding, Party finance
Political Party Funding Bill: A closer look at the loopholes [Opinion piece] By: Zahira Grimwood, Party Funding Researcher at My Vote Counts The Political Party Funding Bill is before the National Council of Provinces (NCOP). Criticism on the Bill in its current form...
by Sheilan Clarke | 15 June 2018 | Electoral systems, Funding, General, Party finance
In the mist of all the developments happening with our Party Funding and IEC Commissioner campaigns, we thought we’d keep you up to speed by highlighting what has happened up until now. Political Party Funding Bill The Party Funding Bill is currently before the...
