POWER BROKERS
NATASHA MARRIAN: The May election’s convenient disclosure vacuum
Three years on, the IEC and My Vote Counts are still trying to close loopholes in political funding legislation
05 December 2024 - 05:00
“He who pays the piper picks the tune,” says Matsobane Nkoko, the manager of political party funding at the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC).
Identifying who is paying the piper in South Africa has been a long, arduous journey, littered with potholes. Money in South African politics remains a murky and contested terrain, despite legislation introduced in 2021 to increase transparency. ..
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