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ANC discloses R10m donation from United Manganese of Kalahari - IEC

Commission says DA donations disclosed were largely from the FNF, the German foundation

Electoral Commission Issues Party Funding Fourth Quarter Disclosure Report

30 May 2022

The Electoral Commission today issues the party funding’s fourth-quarter Disclosure Report for the financial year 2021/22. This report, together with the three issued previously, follows the successful implementation of the Political Party Funding Act.

The Fourth Quarter Disclosure Report covers all qualifying donations declared by political parties for the three-month period between January and March 2022.

WHO HAS MADE A DECLARATION?
Only two political parties have made declarations for the fourth quarter of the financial year. The two parties are as follows:
- African National Congress (ANC) –  R10 000 000.00; and 
- Democratic Alliance (DA) – R 2 525 387.72

HOW MUCH OF THE DECLARED AMOUNT WAS IN-KIND?
The DA declared an in-kind donation of R 786 152.81 from the Friedrich Naumann Foundation (FNF), a German foundation. 

FOREIGN DONATIONS
All of DA’s declared donations, except for one, were received from foreign donors – the FNF and Danish Liberal Democracy Programme (DLDP). The combined value of these foreign donations is R 2 405 387.72 constituting 95% of the total value of donations declared by the DA during the fourth quarter.

Of this amount, the FNF donated R 1 713 250.80 and the DLDP donated R 692 136.92.  
Considering that each of these foreign donors have made repeated donations to one political party, i.e., the DA, the Commission has found it necessary to consider the cumulative value of all donations over the financial year under review.

The Commission can, therefore, confirm that all the foreign donations declared by the DA were fully compliant with the Act in that they fall within the R 5 million ceiling per donor. Furthermore, the donated funds were utilised for activities falling within the ambit of the law, namely; policy development, training and skills development of members of the political party

MULTI-PARTY DEMOCRACY FUND (MPDF)

In the reporting period, the Commission received a contribution of R 5 000 into the MPDF. This amount was received from a member of the public, Mr Ivan Pillay, on 29 March 2022. The Commission lauds this contribution.

The Commission implores corporates and citizens to make contributions into the Fund as this is a non-partisan mechanism of supporting multi-party democracy, which is cornerstone of our system of governance.

KEY OBSERVATIONS 
Sy Mamabolo, the Chief Electoral Officer, observes that “The fourth quarter declarations are by far the least, both in terms of value of donations and the number of parties making declarations. For the first time, only two political parties made declarations and the total value of donations was below R 30 million, which was until now the least amount declared in a quarter.

“Noting that the fourth quarter disclosure period was immediately after the local government elections, it appears that there is a nexus between the number and total value of donations and the election cycle. The more imminent the elections, the more likely that parties will receive significant donations.

“Another emerging feature of the party funding disclosure regime is that political parties with the highest representation in the national and provincial legislatures appear more likely to receive donations on a regular basis than those with lower representation. The ANC and the DA being typical in this regard.

ASSISTANCE TO POLITICAL PARTIES 
The first financial year since the implementation of the Party Funding Act was concluded at the end of March 2022. This means that political parties are now required to submit their audited annual financial statements to the Commission. 

The political parties have three months from the end of the financial year to submit their annual financial statements to their appointed independent auditors, i.e., April to June. The auditors are then provided a further three months, July to September, to audit the submitted annual financial statements. The audited financial statements, accompanied by the auditor’s opinion, must be submitted by the political party’s accounting officer to the Commission by 30 September 2022. 

To assist political parties, the Commission is currently on a national roadshow to assist registered political parties with training on the preparation and submission of audited financial statements. This is part of the efforts to the Commission to increase the extent of compliance with the party funding prescripts.

Text of report:

PUBLISHED DECLARATIONS REPORT

Report Details as at: Monday, 30 May 2022 17:05:55

Financial Year: 2021/2022

QUARTER 4

LIST OF DONATIONS AND CONTRIBUTIONS FOR QUARTER 4

DONATIONS DECLARED AS CONTEMPLATED IN SECTION 9(1)
(In terms of the Political Party Funding Act, 6 of 2018 as read with Regulation 7(1))

Party Name

Date(s) of Receipt(s) of Donation

Donor Name

Donation Type

Amount(s) of Donation for this Quarter

Accumulative Donations Amount

AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

01/03/2022

UNITED MANGANESE OF KALAHARI

MONETARY

R 10 000 000,00

 

Total Amount Declared by AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

R 10 000 000,00

R 66 143 938,00

DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE

26/01/2022

FRIEDRICH NAUMANN FOUNDATION

MONETARY

R 771 097,99

 

01/03/2022

DANISH LIBERAL DEMOCRACY PROGRAMME

MONETARY

R 692 136,92

 

01/03/2022

POLYOAK PACKAGING (PTY) LTD

MONETARY

R 120 000,00

 

31/03/2022

FRIEDRICH NAUMANN FOUNDATION

IN-KIND

R 112 491,24

 

Total Amount Declared by DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE

R 1 695 726,15

R 47 066 108,53

TOTAL FUNDS DECLARED FOR THIS 

QUARTER

R 11 695 726,15

 

TOTAL ACCUMULATIVE FUNDS DECLARED FOR THIS QUARTER

 

 

R 113 210 046,53

LATE SUBMISSIONS FROM PREVIOUS QUARTES(S) AND ACCUMULATIVE CONTRIBUTIONS BELOW THE THRESHOLD.

Party Name

Date(s) of Receipt(s) of Donation

Donor Name

Donation Type

Amount(s) of Donation for this Quarter

Accumulative Donations Amount

DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE

26/01/2022

FRIEDRICH NAUMANN FOUNDATION

MONETARY

R 78 000,00

 

14/02/2022

FRIEDRICH NAUMANN FOUNDATION

IN-KIND

R 150 000,00

 

14/02/2022

FRIEDRICH NAUMANN FOUNDATION

IN-KIND

R 448 661,57

 

01/03/2022

FRIEDRICH NAUMANN FOUNDATION

MONETARY

R 78 000,00

 

31/03/2022

FRIEDRICH NAUMANN FOUNDATION

IN-KIND

R 75 000,00

 

Total Amount Declared by DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE

R 829 661,57

R 829 661,57

SUB-TOTAL:

 

R 829 661,57

 

TOTAL:

 

 

R 829 661,57

GRAND TOTAL FOR THIS QUARTER:

(This amount is a sum of this quarter's declarations + the late and accumulative below the threshold amounts.)

R 12 525 387,72

R 145 206 463,90

LIST OF DONATIONS AND CONTRIBUTIONS FOR QUARTER 4

DONATIONS DECLARED AS CONTEMPLATED IN SECTION 9(2)

(In terms of the Political Party Funding Act, 6 of 2018 as read with Regulation 7(1))

Donor Name

Date(s) of Receipt(s) of Donation

Party Name

Donation Type

Amount(s) of Donation for this Quarter

Accumulative Donations Amount

FRIEDRICH NAUMANN FOUNDATION

14/02/2022

DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE

MONETARY

R 771 097,99

 

01/03/2022

DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE

MONETARY

R 692 136,92

 

01/03/2022

DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE

MONETARY

R 120 000,00

 

31/03/2022

DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE

IN-KIND

R 112 491,24

 

Total Amount Declared by FRIEDRICH NAUMANN FOUNDATION

R 1 695 726,15

R 3 129 527,63

TOTAL FUNDS DECLARED FOR THIS

QUARTER

R 1 695 726,15

 

TOTAL ACCUMULATIVE FUNDS DECLARED FOR THIS QUARTER

 

 

R 3 129 527,63

LATE SUBMISSIONS FROM PREVIOUS QUARTES(S) AND ACCUMULATIVE CONTRIBUTIONS BELOW THE THRESHOLD.

Donor Name

Date(s) of Receipt(s) of Donation

Party Name

Donation Type

Amount(s) of Donation for this Quarter

Accumulative Donations Amount

 

FRIEDRICH NAUMANN FOUNDATION

26/01/2022

DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE

MONETARY

R 78 000,00

 

 

14/02/2022

DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE

IN-KIND

R 448 661,57

 

 

14/02/2022

DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE

IN-KIND

R 150 000,00

 

 

01/03/2022

DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE

MONETARY

R 78 000,00

 

 

31/03/2022

DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE

IN-KIND

R 75 000,00

 

 

Total Amount Declared by FRIEDRICH NAUMANN FOUNDATION

R 829 661,57

R 829 661,57

 

SUB-TOTAL:

 

R 829 661,57

 

 

TOTAL:

 

 

R 829 661,57

 

GRAND TOTAL FOR THIS QUARTER:

(This amount is a sum of this quarter's declarations + the late and accumulative below the threshold amounts.)

R 2 525 387,72

89 559 783.86

LIST OF DONATIONS AND CONTRIBUTIONS FOR QUARTER 4

CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED IN THE MULTI-PARTY DEMOCRACY FUND AS CONTEMPLATED IN SECTION 3(3)(a)

(In terms of the Political Party Funding Act, 6 of 2018)

Contributor

Date(s) of Receipt(s) of Donation

Amount(s) of Donation

IVAN PILLAY

29/03/2022

R 5 000,00

Total Amount Declared by IVAN PILLAY

R 5 000,00

TOTAL FUNDS CONTRIBUTED FOR THIS QUARTER:

R 5 000,00

TOTAL FUNDS CONTRIBUTED FROM PREVIOUS QUARTERS:

R 5 007 000,00

TOTAL FUNDS CONTRIBUTED YEAR TO DATE:

R 5 012 000,00

ENDS

Issued by the Electoral Commission, 30 May 2022