Public support would cut parties’ dependence on dubious sources of funding
Citizens should be given incentives, such as tax exemptions, to donate directly to a fund to support the work of political parties represented in the legislature. Parliament’s ad hoc committee set up to look into party funding has received 17 submissions from individuals and various organisations, including civil society groups, in this regard. It hopes to conclude its work by the end of November. Committee members met on Thursday to adopt the programme for oral submissions, and were briefed by Parliament’s researchers, on the general recommendations contained in the various written submissions. South African parties represented in Parliament and in the provincial legislatures receive funding from the fiscus in line with the proportion of votes they receive in elections. The funding is regulated by the Public Funding of Represented Political Parties Act. According to Parliament’s researchers, most of the submissions noted that ever since the creation of the represented political par...
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