Members of the executive should disclose donations to internal party campaigns, the Constitutional Court ruled on Tuesday.
The apex court's ruling comes after it had heard the second round of litigation in the battle arising from the public protector’s report on donations to President Ramaphosa’s CR17 campaign. File photo.Members of the executive should disclose donations to internal party campaigns, the Constitutional Court ruled on TuesdayThe case regarding the constitutionality of the Executive Ethics Code was brought by the amaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism.
The first round was about the lawfulness of the public protector’s investigation and report, in which disclosure of the campaign’s donors was sought. The second round, which reached the ConCourt in May, was about whether the code was constitutional and what it would say in the future.
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