South African businesses remain silent about political donations?
Not long ago, reports that Western Cape premier Helen Zille had accepted a major donation from a senior officer of a company owned by the influential and controversial Gupta family, initiated the debate about the role of business donations to political parties in South Africa. To fulfill their political mission, parties need ...
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