The Dagga Party of South Africa is on a high after it says it has raised the R200 000 deposit needed to contest the national elections in May.
Political parties need to pay a R200 000 deposit to contest national elections, and R45 000 deposit for each province it wants to contest.
“We have to enter Parliament in numbers enough to effectively force and influence the legislation of cannabis for the public benefit, and among other concerns, also ensure that people’s old dagga criminal records are wiped,” the party said in a statement on their website. “I was contacted last night by one of our supporters who took a loan out for the amount we hadn’t been able to raise. So we are going to be doing the admin today, and file payment and candidates to contest in the National Election,” he said.
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