MPs may probe party funding
Perception exists that anonymous donations from business subvert democratic processes to garner contracts
The ANC says it will soon seek to table a motion in Parliament to establish an ad hoc committee on party funding. ANC chief whip Jackson Mthembu said on Thursday, the committee would inquire into and make recommendations on funding of political parties, with a view to introducing or amending legislation if necessary and consider a model for adequate public funding for political parties. It would also look at the regulation of funding of parties by private institutions. Private political party funding has been a thorny issue in recent years, with civil society groups calling for the regulation of private financing of parties in line with AU, UN and other anticorruption codes the country has signed. The groups, including My Vote Counts, have in the past launched unsuccessful court bids to compel Parliament to enact legislation that will make it compulsory for parties to disclose private donors. The now-defunct Institute for Democracy in SA was the first group to launch a court applica...
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