EDITORIAL: Dallying parliament held to account
Court might set threshold and limit on political party itself, if delayed
01 August 2024 - 05:00
Parliament has once again found itself compelled to yield to court pronouncements in a matter in which the then-majority ANC deviated from its own better judgment.
The Western Cape High Court has indicated its displeasure about the withdrawal of a draft ANC resolution presented to the previous National Assembly. The resolution outlined the threshold for the reporting of political party funding at R100,000 and the maximum amount that could be donated within a financial year by a single entity at R15m. These were the amounts that prevailed in the Political Party Funding Act. ..
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