Every party does it, including the so- called nice ones, or those claiming to be fighting for the poor.
To me it is undemocratic, because it distort the very democracy that all these political parties claim to protect and our democracy is always bought by the highest bidder. The rich and the powerful have long been generous benefactors to political parties in this country since the dawn of democracy.
When the rich hand over large wads of cash to political parties, they automatically make their votes count more. The next thing these donors will be invited to a gala dinner with the leaders of political parties to discuss their views. They do not find it difficult to get a meeting with party leaders to discuss and promote their views on what the next government should do, policy matters and which tender must go where. They literally become lawmakers. That is undemocratic and it should be against the law.
According to an article written by mail-guardian about the list of people funding political parties written in 23 April 2019, EFF donors was the VBS Mutual Bank, alleged tobacco smuggler Adriano Mazzotti, and his co-director of Carnilinx, Kyle Phillips.
DA was funded by the Guptas, Steinhof, while the ANC was funded by Bosasa amongst others
All these political donation are wrong, not because are from so and so or to this or that particular party, but because all donations that are worth Thousands and thousands of rands to any political party are wrong.
In January 2019, President Cyril Ramaphosa signed into law the Political Party Funding Bill, it seeks to provide guidelines and new regulations on the funding of political parties. It also includes, among other measures, a ban on donations from foreign sources and a requirement for parties to disclose all donatioEvery party does it, including the so- called nice ones, or those claiming to be fighting for the poor.
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Thursday, October 3, 2019
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