South Africa: Civil Society Launches Watchdog to Monitor Implementation of Political Party Funding Act

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On Tuesday a coalition of civil society organisations launched a watchdog to monitor the compliance and implementation of the Political Party Funding Act.

There's a long, "deeply entrenched" political culture of donating money in exchange for tenders, which is important for us to monitor, said Neeshan Balton, executive director of the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation, at the launch.

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