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Private Funding for Political Parties
For more on party funding, see the Money in South African Politics website http://www.whofundswho.org.za/, co-hosted by Idasa and ISS, where you will find:
- A brief analysis of ‘the problem’ created by the lack of effective regulations of political parties.
- A Party Funding Monitor database that provides policy-makers, researchers, journalists, and political parties with a source of information with which to track the reported sources of private funding of political parties. This research is indicative of funding received by political parties.
- A relevant list of Research and Publications including Independent Electoral Commission reports as well as local and international papers that provide background information for those wishing to explore the policy options available to effectively regulate the private funding of political parties.
- A list of links to relevant domestic and international websites.
Resources
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Articles: Idasa Opinion: Political party funding. Legislation should regulate donations.
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