You will not believe who helps fund our big political parties CapeTimesSA
Cape Town - Suspected fraudsters, money launderers and murderers have been cited as funders of some of the country’s big political parties in a report documenting sources of funding for political parties.
With three weeks to go before the much-anticipated elections, non-profit organisation My Vote Counts released the report this week, shedding light on who funds the country’s political parties. The EFF’s list of donors included controversial businessman Adriano Mazzotti, who donated R200000 to be used for the party’s registration to contest the 2014 general elections.
“The new act has not come into effect yet, but we recognised that the average person had a right to know who was funding a party and for how long. Our report, using public records, shows all the historic funding that has taken place, not just within the ruling party but the opposition, too, as far back as 1994.
Last year, the Constitutional Court upheld the earlier Western Cape High Court order that the Promotion of Access to Information Act was unconstitutional in this regard, and gave Parliament 18 months to amend it. In January, President Cyril Ramaphosa signed the Party Funding Bill into law. Electoral Act unconstitutional and invalid as it did not enable South Africans to both vote for, and stand as, independent candidates. The groups had argued that the voting system was inconsistent with the Constitution and did not “give effect to the will of the people”.
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