ONLY three political parties made declarations of qualifying donations received from donors, the Electoral Commission revealed on Thursday.
Releasing the 2021/22 first quarter Party Funding Disclosures Report, IEC Deputy Commissioner Janet Love said the political parties funding regime makes it peremptory for all registered political parties to disclose to the Commission all donations above the R100 000 threshold in a year.
Love said the total value of these declared donations in the first quarter amount to R30 008 841.74.
“Two represented political parties and one unrepresented political party made declarations of qualifying direct donations. These are the African National Congress (ANC), the Democratic Alliance (DA) and ActionSA.
“The ANC and DA declared individual donations received of R10 720 000.00 and R15 983 751.48 respectively. ActionSA declared total direct donations amounting to R3 305 090.26,” Love said.
The Electoral Commission said of the submissions received, the two political parties, namely the
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