Party funding disclosure 'the best thing since the constitution'
At last, South Africans now know who is bankrolling their politicians — though some parties remain suspiciously quiet about donations.
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At last, South Africans now know who is bankrolling their politicians — though some parties remain suspiciously quiet about donations.
More plot twists can be expected in the ongoing fight between the National Horseracing Authority (NHA) and Joburg trainer Tony Peter.
According to the IEC’s latest Party Funding Disclosure Report for the second quarter of the 2023/24 fiscal year, the DA were the big winners.
World-class race caller Alistair Cohen is leaving Joburg to become the head of broadcasting for Cape Racing.
More astonishingly, half of the top eight political donors in the country come from a single family: the Oppenheimers. Four descendants of mining magnate Harry Oppenheimer — Victoria Freudenheim, Mary Slack, Jessica Slack-Jell and Rebecca Oppenheimer — have cumulatively donated more than R40-mi...