IF A "publicity stunt" brings us closer to challenging the secret and toxic link between money and politics here, we need many more.Supporters of the Democratic Alliance’s (DA’s) parliamentary leader, Mmusi Maimane, have dismissed as a "stunt" the call by his opponent for the DA’s leadership, Wilmot James, that Maimane disclose the funders of his campaign.They say their candidate will comply with the DA’s rules, which state money for internal campaigns must be declared to the party rather than the public because only DA members vote in its internal elections, which implies that citizens have no stake in the outcome.This is typical of how most parties fend off demands that they and the politicians who belong to them disclose their funding. The claim that it is none of voters’ business is strange: the winner of this election will be the leader of the opposition, which is a very public post.Internal DA elections decide who will be premier of the Western Cape and mayor of some municipal...
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