Thread by @sajournalist

"Yours in democracy, Geoff Makhubo"

Another instant 2020 classic!

But seriously: It is outrageous for political parties to solicit donations from companies that received contracts in the municipalities they govern. It happens all the time but it's still an abuse of power...

It's also outrageous for the regional treasurer of a political party to also hold a sensitive post in government, with influence over a pot of public money.

Everything coming out about #EOH at the Zondo Commission yesterday makes the case for transparent political party funding.

A reminder that the Political Party Funding Act is now law. But that ANC treasurer Paul Mashatile wants Parliament to "re-look" at the Act, specifically:

- limits on how much the private sector can donate
- disclosing the names of significant donors

timeslive.co.za/sunday-times/n…

An excellent counter-punch from Mavuso Msimang explaining why political parties need to disclose who funds them so that we, the people, can keep them in check.

Imagine if the ANC had been required to publicly disclose those donations from #EOH?

timeslive.co.za/sunday-times/o…

Incidentally, @amaBhungane will be at the Constitutional Court TODAY to argue that the Executive Members' Ethics Act is unconstitutional if it does not require that politicians disclose funding received for internal party battles.

Hearing starts at 10am: youtube.com/channel/UCgP3U…

The @ConCourtSA has an excellent summary explaining how @amaBhungane fits into the case, which involves a lot of other parties (Ramaphosa, CR17, Mkhwebane and the EFF).

We are an amicus, i.e. not taking sides but raising a constitutional principle.

https://twitter.com/ConCourtSA/status/1331585424209408000?s=20

* Executive Ethics Code 🙏