Resources

• Idasa Opinion: Political party funding. Legislation should regulate donations.
  [Articles]

  21 Feb 2012Judith February provides her views on political party funding in South Africa in this opinion piece written on the 20th of February 2012. Idasa hosted ...

• Undertaking to disclose campaign funding
  [Articles]

  17 May 2011Mr Farouk Cassim (MP) has become the first electoral candidate in the 2011 municipal elections to sign an undertaking with Idasa to disclose his election ...

• Idasa challenges municipal election candidates to disclose their campaign funding
  [Press Releases]

  04 May 20114 May 2011 For Immediate Release Idasa challenges municipal election candidates to disclose their campaign funding South Africa will be holding countrywide municipal elections on ...

• Idasa concerned at vote buying and improper use of state resources
  [Press Releases]

  03 May 20113 May 2011For Immediate ReleaseIdasa notes with great concern recent reports, within the media and from our own sources, of vote buying and the improper ...

• Promoting transparency in political party financing
  [Speeches]

  06 Oct 2010Idasa’s Gary Pienaar spoke on the role of civil society in promoting transparency in political party financing in SADC at Transparency International’s launch of a ...

• Political Party Funding and corporate responsibility
  [Speeches]

  21 Aug 2009Idasa recently participated in a Transparency International conference in Johannesburg, where Gary Pienaar presented a talk on Political Party Funding and corporate responsibility. See the ...

• Time to Close Book on Party-Funding Secrecy in SA
  [News]

  08 May 2009By: Judith February WITH the elections over and the African National Congress celebrating its victory, it is clear that, along with the people, the money ...

• Political Parties need to be urged to disclose sources of funding in South Africa
  [News]

  04 Dec 2008By: Judith February Robert Gumede is an IT billionaire. According to newspaper reports he is also the subject of a criminal investigation related to a ...

• Corporate Fronts and Political Party Funding
  [Research Reports]

  10 Nov 2006This paper forms reveals some of the sources of the private funding of political parties in South Africa.  It is part of a joint project ...

• Disclosure of funding to political parties: a public or private affair?
  [News]

  15 Dec 2005Volume 2 No 2 (2005), Isandla Development Communiqué By: Judith February It is estimated that political parties spent between R300-500 million during the 2004 election ...

• Party Funding - What are the Rules of the Game?
  [Articles]

  28 Oct 2005By Richard Calland and Judith February   Familiarity, it seems, is breeding a certain kind of contempt. As corporate South Africa develops a better understanding ...

• Old and nouveau: A congealing overlap of money and politics
  [News]

  27 Sep 2005By: Richard Calland The tribute to Brett Kebble by Khanyo Gqulu last week (“Our north, our south, our east and west”) would have been the ...

• Who funds who in SA politics?
  [Press Releases]

  08 Jul 2005ISS & Idasa launch tool to monitor private funding of political parties The Institute for Security Studies (ISS) Organised Crime and Corruption Programme and Idasa's Political Information ...

• DEMOCRACY & PARTY POLITICAL FUNDING: Pursuing the Public's Right to Know
  [Press Releases]

  09 May 2005Media briefing on Idasa’s decision on appeal vis-à-vis the High Court’s decision on disclosure of private funding of political parties, and the next phase of ...

• When a donation is a public affair
  [News]

  05 May 2005Political parties need to be more transparent about private funding By Judith February and Richard Calland When David Malatsi recently testified that he expedited approval ...

• IDASA REACTION TO PARTY FUNDING JUDGMENT
  [Press Releases]

  21 Apr 2005Naturally, Idasa is disappointed by the judgment - which we of course respect - although we are very glad to have had the opportunity to ...

• Public supports Idasa campaign - political parties must reveal donations
  [Press Releases]

  25 Oct 2004As part of its Party Funding campaign, Idasa recently conducted a survey into citizens’ views on the lack of regulation of private donations to political ...

• Political Party Funding
  [Podcasts]

  20 Aug 2004There are two programmes in this series.  In the first programme, we hear why it’s important to know who funds the various political parties. We ...

• Party-funding: avoiding the slippery slope
  [Articles]

  29 Jun 2004This is a joint project between the Right to Know Programme and PIMS-SA Richard Calland American democracy is threatened not just by the mad and ...

• Regulation of Private Funding to Political Parties - Position Paper
  [Toolkits]

  21 Jun 2004Regulation of Private Funding to Political Parties - October 2003 Idasa maintains that the regulation of party funding will strengthen democracy, curb opportunities for corrupt ...

• The Funding of Political Parties, Democracy and the Right to Know
  [Articles]

  30 Apr 2004This is a joint project between the Right to Know Programme and PIMS-SA By Judith February and Richard Calland It is estimated that political parties ...

• Political Party Funding Campaign, South Africa
  [Toolkits]

  15 Dec 2003By: Judith February The main aim of this campaign is to secure regulation of private funding of political parties in South Africa. The following are ...

• Press Release 28 Nov 03 - Political Party Funding
  [Press Releases]

  28 Nov 2003Idasa launches ground-breaking litigation against the anc and the three other largest political parties Media Release Earlier this week litigation was launched by public interest ...

• Party Funding - IDASA Position Paper
  [Research Reports]

  31 Oct 2003Idasa has embarked on litigation in terms of the Promotion of Access to Information Act (Promotion of Access to Information Act) to compel political parties ...

• Regulation of Private Funding to Political Parties 2003
  [Research Reports]

  21 Oct 2003Idasa Position Paper Regulation of Private Funding to Political Parties October 2003 "A strong democracy requires healthy political parties. In turn, political parties require resources ...

• Cheque book politics erodes ballot
  [News]

  14 Oct 2003By: Judith February It seems that the one thing on which South Africa's major political parties agree is not wanting to say who secretly funds ...