by Lelethu Masangwana | 4 Dec 2019 | Funding, Party finance, Political Parties, Political Systems
Under apartheid, journalists and other whistle-blowers risked their lives to expose information that would have otherwise been inaccessible to the public; secrecy was used as a form of control. Fortunately, we are now governed by a Constitution that unequivocally...
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by Lelethu Masangwana | 7 Oct 2019 | Funding, Party finance, Political Systems
For over a year, State Capture revelations have continuously shocked the nation with allegations of corruption and the buying of undue influence over politicians and public officials by private businesses and businesspeople. However, the recordal, preservation and...
by Sheilan Clarke | 4 Mar 2019 | Electoral systems, General, Party finance
MVC News We bring to you what has been brewing at MVC and in political and electoral spaces more broadly in the last few months. Please share this newsletter with your friends and colleagues. What’s new… Political Party Funding Act On 22 January 2019,...
by Sonke Mzana | 7 Dec 2018 | Electoral systems, General, Party finance, Political Parties
If we had sufficient legislation in place: all the corruption that has happened could have been prevented. The Political Party Funding Bill, State Capture Inquiry, SARS Commission of Inquiry, VBS bank heist and Vincent Smith are our top political stories for this...
by Sheilan Clarke | 8 Oct 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 Sep 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...
