Party Funding Committee
Ad Hoc Committee on the Funding of Political Parties
Chair: Vincent SmithEst: 1 March 2018National Assembly Rule 253
Before this committee, political parties could receive donations from businesses and wealthy people in total secrecy. Nobody knew who was paying for political campaigns — which meant businesses could secretly buy influence. The Constitutional Court said this…
Before this committee, political parties could receive donations from businesses and wealthy people in total secrecy. Nobody knew who was paying for political campaigns — which meant businesses could secretly buy influence. The Constitutional Court said this was unconstitutional. This committee wrote the law that forces parties to disclose who gives them money.
To introduce and process legislation requiring disclosure of private funding sources of political parties, in response to Constitutional Court rulings that the absence of such legislation was unconstitutional.
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To introduce and process legislation requiring disclosure of private funding sources of political parties, in response to Constitutional Court rulings that the absence of such legislation was unconstitutional.
Processing or creating a new law.
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Produced the Political Party Funding Act 6 of 2018, which came into force in 2021. For the first time, parties must disclose donations above R100,000. The My Vote Counts case that forced this committee into existence is a landmark in South African transparency law.
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