by Sheilan Clarke | 4 April 2019 | Intra-Party Democracy, Political Parties
SAVE THE DATE – 24 April Please join My Vote Counts for the launch of our new campaign: “Intra-party democracy: How Democratic are You?” As part of My Vote Counts’ (MVC) mission to enhance and promote accountability, transparency and...
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 Sonke Mzana | 31 January 2019 | Electoral systems, Political Parties
Written by Sonke Mzana and Sheilan Clarke Following the last voters registration weekend on 26 and 27 January 2019, 700 000 new voters turned up to register to vote. 81% of those new voters were under the age of 30 years old. This is encouraging considering how for...
by Sonke Mzana | 11 December 2018 | General, Political Parties
2018 was a lot to digest. Corruption has weakened the South African economy. The mismanagement of state resources and misusing of taxpayers money have lead citizens to lose trust in political leaders and in many cases, empathetic to politics and elections. We decided...
by Sonke Mzana | 7 December 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 | 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...
