South Africa: Scathing Judge Slaps R90,000 Fine On Good Party for Attempt to Hide Donation

27 August 2026
Daily Maverick (Johannesburg)
By Dianne Hawker-Kalubi

A payment for T-shirts and other marketing materials has landed the Good party in hot water. The Electoral Court ruled on Wednesday that the party pay a R90,000 fine for trying to conceal a donation made in the run-up to the 2021 local government elections.

The Electoral Court in Bloemfontein has found the Good party and its secretary-general, Brett Herron, guilty of contravening the Political Party Funding Act for not declaring a R900,000 donation, made in the lead-up to the 2021 local government elections.

In a scathing judgment, the court found that the party had made a "deliberate attempt to conceal the donation" and then tried to explain the payment through "far-fetched and untenable" denials. The court made its ruling in chambers, off court papers, an issue Good intends to challenge on appeal.

The decision comes as Herron runs for Cape Town's mayoral seat in a joint bid with Rise Mzansi.

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The Electoral Court judgment surrounds an order of T-shirts and marketing materials the party made from Kairos Communications in the run-up to the 2021 municipal elections. Another company, Electrox Properties, paid R900,000 towards the total cost of R1,972 365.

The donation wasn't disclosed to the Electoral Commission (IEC) by either the party or the companies involved. The scheme was revealed by Shaun August, a former party member who was expelled in May 2023. He rejoined the DA and in the same year disclosed the details of the deal to the IEC.

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