JOHANNESBURG - The Democratic Alliance has received the most funding among political parties in the last three years, estimated at over R164 million.Since the Political Party Funding Act was signed into law in April 2021, political parties are required to declare any donations over R100,000.
The German-based Friedrich Naumann Foundation remains one of the biggest foreign donors, having donated millions to the DA in money and workshop training for its members over the past three years.The Freedom Front Plus remains the only party that has been flagged by the IEC for receiving a donation from a foreign government.
Spokesperson for FF Plus Wouter Wessels said the party explained to the IEC there was nothing sinister about the donation. Another party leader who has invested a considerable amount of their own money is PA leader Gayton McKenzie, with over R3.5 million in total.Meanwhile, billionaire and ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa made two donations to his party in August 2021, totaling R366,000.The billionaire Oppenheimer family has donated over R68 million to opposition political parties since 2021.
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