The National Assembly has passed the Political Party Funding bill. The bill will now go to the National Council of Provinces for concurrence.
On Tuesday afternoon, 27 March 2018, the National Assembly approved the Political Party Funding bill. The Bill proposes, among other things, regulating and making transparent private donations to political parties represented in Parliament and the Provincial Legislatures.
In June 2017, the National Assembly resolved to establish a multi-party ad hoc committee to inquire into and make recommendations, by 30 November 2017, on the funding of political parties represented in Parliament and the Provincial Legislatures.
On 28 November 2017, the committee tabled the Political Party Funding Bill in the Assembly and recommended that Parliament pass the Bill.
The Bill lapsed at the end of 2017.
On 28 February 2018, the Bill was revived and the committee re-established with a mandate to consider and report in more detail on the financial implications of the proposed Bill.
The committee tabled a report on these on 20 March 2018 and the Assembly considered and approved this report on the 27 March 2018, and it will now will proceed to take to the National Council of Provinces for consideration.
