Public Hearings Into Political Party Funding Set For August 1

The Electoral Commission (IEC) has advised those who intend to make oral submissions at the upcoming public hearings into the Political Party Funding Act to do so by the end of business on Wednesday.

The IEC is scheduled to hold public hearings into the published draft regulations in Cape Town between August 1-2.

The hearings follow the publication of draft regulations for comment in March 2019, during which approximately 4 300 written submissions were received.

In April 2019, the IEC postponed the implementation of the first phase to process the large number of written submissions and to allow further opportunity for engagement through public hearings.

The postponement also considered the capacity demands on the IEC, political parties and other stakeholders during South Africa’s May poll.