2. My Vote Counts (MVC)
Launched in 2012 as a campaign to improve transparency on political party funding
Registered in April 2014 as a non profit company.
Working to advance constitutional principles of transparency, accountability and inclusiveness in our political and electoral systems.
Project areas: Money & Politics and Electoral Reforms

3. My Vote Counts Background Interactions with Parliament
MVC Constitutional Court case
PAIA Requests(2016)
MVC High Court Case

4. My Vote Counts The Ad Hoc Committee’s Process
The Committee’s Membership-Considerations
Submissions from political parties
Lack of data
Policy vs Regulation
Political party financial requirements
Independent Candidates requirements
Submissions from Provincial Legislatures/NCOP

5. My Vote Counts Principles for Political Party Funding Model
Transparency
Accountability
Openness
Trust

6. Regulating Political Party Funding
Proposal on Disclosure and Transparency Requirements
Frequent, Periodic and Mandatory
Election years vs Non-election years
Disclosure Threshold
Aggregated information below threshold
Disaggregated information above threshold
Disclosure reports should be published proactively

7. Regulating Political Party Funding
Proposal on Private Funding
Allowed
Regulated to discourage corruption and limit undue influence
Set a threshold for disclosure
Proposal on Foreign Funding
No direct funding
Funding through a ‘Separate Fund’

8. Regulating Political Party Funding
Proposal on Public Funding
Consider an increase to public funding
Strengthen oversight role of IEC
Auditor-General role
Greater transparency before any increase

9. Regulating Political Party Funding cont…
Proposal on Local Government Level Funding
Public Funding
Disclosure and Regulation
Proposal on Provincial Government Level Funding
Distributed from National Level

10. Regulating Political Party Funding cont…
Proposal for a ‘Separate Fund’ for Private Political Donations
Accepts foreign funding
Accepts funding above a ‘cap’
No conditions to funding
Donations from companies that do business with the state
Funding from NGOs and Trade Unions
Anonymous Donations

11. Regulating Political Party Funding cont…
Proposal for a Ban on Some Funding Sources
State Owned Enterprises
Third Party Payments
Proposal on Political Party Expenditure
Annual Public Disclosure

13. Thank You! Contact Details
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