FOLLOW THE MONEY A Research Report on Party and Campaign Finance in South Africa’s 2019 Elections Edited by Clayton Hazvinei Vhumbunu and Olufunto Akinduro 14 Park Road Richmond Johannesburg 2092, South Africa P.O. Box 740 Auckland Park 2006 Johannesburg South Africa Tel: +27 11 381 6000-7 Fax: +27 11 482 6163 Email: [email protected] www.eisa.org.za ISBN 978-1-920446-79-6 9 781920 446796 Order from: [email protected] This project was supported by the German Foreign Office Mpumalanga FOLLOW THE MONEY A Research Report on Party and Campaign Finance in South Africa’s 2019 Elections – i – Research Report on Party and Campaign Finance in South Africa’s 2019 Elections – ii – Mpumalanga FOLLOW THE MONEY A Research Report on Party and Campaign Finance in South Africa’s 2019 Elections Edited by Clayton Hazvinei Vhumbunu and Olufunto Akinduro – iii – Research Report on Party and Campaign Finance in South Africa’s 2019 Elections Published by EISA 14 Park Road, Richmond Johannesburg South Africa P.O Box 740 Auckland Park 2006 South Africa Tel: +27 11 381 6000 Fax: +27 11 482 6163 Email: [email protected] www.eisa.org.za © EISA 2020 ISBN: 978-1-920446-79-6 All rights reserved. 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Copy editor: Heather Acott Layout: Sue Sandrock Printing: Corpnet Design – iv – Mpumalanga Contents Acronyms vi Acknowledgements vii Contributors viii Chapter 1: Introduction Olufunto Akinduro 1 Chapter 2: Context of the 2019 Elections Olufunto Akinduro and Vusi Gumbi 10 Chapter 3: Legislative Framework on Political Party Funding in South Africa Clayton Hazvinei Vhumbunu 18 Chapter 4: Western Cape Joseph Olusegun Adebayo 41 Chapter 5: Mpumalanga Esteri Elslie Magaisa 65 Chapter 6: KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Clayton Hazvinei Vhumbunu 88 Chapter 7: Eastern Cape Patience Shawarira 121 Chapter 8: Limpopo Letlhogonolo Mpho Letshele 145 Chapter 9: Free State Lehlohonolo Mofubelu 166 Chapter 10: Key Findings, Recommendations and Conclusion Clayton Hazvinei Vhumbunu 189 – v – Research Report on Party and Campaign Finance in South Africa’s 2019 Elections Acronyms ACDP African Christian Democratic Party ANC African National Congress ATM African Transformation Movement BUSA Business Unity South Africa CSO Civil Society Organisation COPE Congress of the People CONTRALESA Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa CSR Corporate Social Responsibility CTV Cape Town Television CP Cape Party CPUT Cape Peninsula University of Technology DA Democratic Alliance DSTV Digital Satellite Television ECSECC Eastern Cape Socio Economic Consultative Council EFF Economic Freedom Fighters IDASA Institute for Democracy in South Africa IEC Independent Electoral Commission IFP Inkatha Freedom Party MMA Media Monitoring Africa MPDF Multi-Party Democracy Fund My Vote Counts MVC PAC Pan Africanist Congress of Azania PAIA Promotion of Access to Information Act PPFA 2018 Political Party Funding Act 2018 PFRPPA Public Funding of Represented Political Parties Act 103 of 1997 PRET Practical and Radical Economic Transformation RETF Radical Economic Transformation Forum RPPF Represented Political Parties’ Fund SABC South African Broadcasting Corporation SACC South African Council of Churches SADTU South African Democratic Teachers Union SANCO South African National Civic Organisation SANCOTA South African National Congress of Traditional Authorities SRWP Socialist Revolutionary Workers Party UCT University of Cape Town UDM United Democratic Movement – vi – Mpumalanga Acknowledgements EISA gratefully acknowledges the generous financial support for this project from the German Foreign Office. EISA also acknowledges the guidance and input of the following thematic experts who availed themselves for the methodology meeting that initiated this project: Carien du Plessis, Michael O’Donovan, Bertha Chiroro, and John Stremlau. EISA thanks Clayton Hazvinei Vhumbunu who was the lead researcher on the project. His technical leadership provided the required guidance to the provincial researchers in the course of their work. Thanks to the following provincial researchers for their tireless efforts in seeing this project through: Patience Shawarira, Lehlohonolo Mofubelu, Letlhogonolo Mpho Letshele, Esteri Elslie Magaisa and Joseph Olusegun Adebayo. EISA also extends its appreciation to the interlocutors that availed themselves for the research. The implementation of the project was made possible by the Elections and Political Processes (EPP) team at the EISA head office. Specific thanks to Siphesihle Ndamase who worked primarily on this project. Thanks to colleagues in the EPP team, Cecile Bassomo, Noxolo Gwala and Lenny Taabu, for their technical input. The support of EISA colleagues from the Governance Institutions and Political Processes department, who partnered with EPP in the implementation of the South Africa 2019 elections support project, is also recognised. They include: Grant Masterson, Melanie Meirotti and Sandile Khouboni. Thanks to Sue Sandrock for layout and design and to Heather Acott for copy editing this work. Sincere appreciation to the publications team at EISA, Ilona Tip and Marie Reyneke, for their support of the final product. – vii – Research Report on Party and Campaign Finance in South Africa’s 2019 Elections Contributors JOSEPH ADEBAYO Joseph Olusegun Adebayo is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Journalism and Media Studies Department of the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa. He obtained his PhD from the Durban University of Technology, South Africa where he conducted research into peace journalism. He holds a BA degree in Media Studies from the University of Nigeria, and an MA in Peace and Development studies from the University of Ilorin, Nigeria. His research interests include good governance, elections and democracy in Africa, analysis of media (mis)representation of Africa, and media reportage of conflict-sensitive issues in Africa. OLUFUNTO AKINDURO Olufunto Akinduro is the Head of the Elections and Political Processes at the Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa (EISA). She oversees the implementation of the Institute’s election-related programmes. This includes managing EISA’s partnership with the AU and regional economic bodies, and further development of EISA’s election assessment methodology. Prior to joining EISA she worked in the field of democracy and elections in Nigeria for five years. She holds an MA in Development Studies (specialising in democracy and governance) from the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague and an MA in Conflict Studies from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. VUSI GUMBI Vusi Gumbi recently completed his BA (Hons) in Politics and International Relations at the University of Johannesburg, with a distinction for his research entitled ‘South Africa’s electoral system an impediment to the efficacy of democracy: an analysis of Parliament’s role of oversight in the Nkandla Project’. He has observed two elections with EISA (Lesotho 2017; Mozambique 2019) and worked with The Carter Center on their South African 2019 Elections Research Project. He is currently a contestant in the SABC One Youth Leadership show, One Day Leader – Season 8. LETLHOGONOLO MPHO LETSHELE Letlhogonolo Mpho Letshele holds an MA in Politics and International Relations from the University of Johannesburg. Her main academic interests are in democracy, elections, peace and conflict, gender studies, and foreign policy. Her knowledge in these fields has been enhanced by teaching support – viii – Mpumalanga for undergraduate studies and research consulting in political science and international relations. In addition, she provides political commentary to a number of media outlets concerning South African politics. She has written several articles on issues of public concern, ranging from research reports, newspaper and academic articles. ESTERI ELSLIE MagaISA Esteri Elslie Magaisa is a development professional with eight years of experience in the not-for-profit sector in Zimbabwe, South Africa and the United Kingdom, specifically in organisations concerned with socio-economic justice, human rights, governance, and citizen participation. She holds an MPhil in Social Sciences, a BSc (Hons) in Sociology from the University of Zimbabwe, and held a 2016 Commonwealth fellowship at the Institute for Conflict Research in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Her skills include research, policy analysis, advocacy, and project management. Her recent consultancy experience was with the Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy (EISA) conducting research on party campaign finance in Mpumalanga during the 2019 South Africa national elections. In addition, she participated in the USAID-Zimbabwe Conflict Management and Mitigation 2010-2018 project evaluation in October 2019 for Democracy International. LEHLOHONOLO MOFUBELU Lehlohonolo Mofubelu is a facilitator in community and service learning with the University of the Free State’s Department of Political Studies and Governance. He holds a BA in Governance and Political Transformation, and a BA (Hons)