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In the 2015 matter of My Vote Counts v Speaker of the National Assembly, the non-profit My Vote Counts approached the Constitutional Court of South Africa with an application to compel the Parliament of South Africa to pass legislation that would oblige political parties to disclose the sources of their private funding.
The South African Electoral Amendment Bill was formed to address concerns about the underrepresentation of smaller political parties including independent candidates of the national and provincial legislatures, the need for a more proportional representation system to reflect the diversity of South African society, and the importance of ...
In particular, the Promotion of Access to Information Act 2 of 2000 (PAIA) regulated the section 32 right to know and provided for citizens to request information about the sources of political parties' private funding. My Vote Counts contended that PAIA was not sufficient to fulfil Parliament's constitutional obligation, because it did not ...
Political party funding is a method used by a political party to raise money for campaigns and routine activities. The funding of political parties is an aspect of campaign finance . Political parties are funded by contributions from multiple sources.
He is an advocate of political party funding transparency and worked hard to get the Political Party Funding Act passed by parliament. Valli describes the act as "the single biggest improvement to South African democracy since the adoption of the Constitution in 1996”.
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The Prohibition of Political Interference Act, 1968 (Act No. 51 of 1968, which was also known as the Prohibition of Improper Interference Act, and was later renamed the Prohibition of Foreign Financing of Political Parties Act), was a piece of apartheid legislation in South Africa that sought to prevent racial groups from collaborating with each other for a political purpose.
After the 1994 elections, the interim Constitution of 1993 was replaced in May 1996 with the final Constitution.The Independent Electoral Commission Act was, likewise, replaced by the Electoral Commission Act of 1996, which came into force on 17 October 1996 and which established the Electoral Commission in its current, permanent, form, as a chapter nine institution. [12]