It is time for both the ANC and the DA to put their money where their mouth is and usher in transparency in South Africa’s political-party funding model, writes Natasha Marrian IT STARTED with a kiss and ended with an unwitting revelation on an issue that South Africa should tackle as our democracy moves past the 20-year mark — the thorny topic of political-party funding.The false start that was the Democratic Alliance’s (DA’s) dalliance with Agang SA leader Mamphela Ramphele laid bare one critical issue on which the official opposition and the African National Congress (ANC) agree — a reluctance to reveal their funders.DA leader Helen Zille said "donors" recommended the merger between the DA and Agang to strengthen the opposition. Apparently, Ramphele was told that her policies (Agang has policies?) are almost identical to those of the DA and that donors could not "fund different parties with the same policies"."Donors told Mamphela they would not fund Agang because we need a unite...
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