My Vote Counts has launched an online tool aimed at tracking private donations to political parties ahead of next year’s elections.
The Political Party Funding Act (PPFA), introduced in 2021, states parties must disclose private donations of more than R100,000. The tool will help identify donors.
“Since 2021, the PPFA has forced political parties to disclose receiving more than R278m from private donors. But who are these donors? What are the sources of their funds? What are their business interests?” asked My Vote Counts.
“How could they be using their money to influence government decisions, undermining the voices of the rest of us? How does the toxic relationship between money and politics determine who has a say?
“The tool covers donations made in kind and monetary donations worth over R100,000 over the last two financial years. The data includes who donors are, what they do and through which channels they fund parties. This doesn’t include gala dinners and dinner tickets etc.”