by Robyn Pasensie | 1 Aug 2021 | Funding, Party finance
The recent social unrest has shaken the foundation of the post-1994 democratic project in South Africa. In recognising that ineffective governance and deepening inequality cannot continue, we must ask: What can we do to change this? The allegations of corruption laid...
by Zaakir Jardine | 31 May 2021 | Intra-Party Democracy
Former eThekwini mayor, Zandile Gumede has recently agreed to the African National Congress’ (ANC) step aside rule and stepped down from her official duties. Gumede along with 21 others face more than 2 000 counts of fraud, corruption and money laundering linked to an...
by Sheilan Clarke | 22 Jan 2021 | Funding, Party finance, Political Systems
A victory for transparency and accountability! Today the Presidency announced that the Political Party Funding Act (PPFA) will come into operation on 1 April 2021. My Vote Counts (MVC) welcomes this genuinely historic advancement towards greater transparency and...
by Zaakir Jardine | 15 Dec 2020 | Accountability, Funding, Party finance, Political Parties, Transparency
By: Robyn Pasensie Among the upheaval of 2020 it may have gone unnoticed that President Cyril Ramaphosa signed a key piece of legislation, the Promotion of Access to Information Amendment Act (PAIA Amendment Act), into law on 5 June, which provides for access to...
by Sheilan Clarke | 12 Apr 2019 | Electoral systems
This is the time for elaborate and well-timed photo-ops. We will be inundated with public engagements often in areas where service delivery protests are most publicised. With such an important elections just days away, political parties are scrambling to try...
