Pledge

(1) Political parties, independent representatives and independent candidates may not accept a donation from any of the following sources:

1. (a) Foreign governments or foreign government agencies;
2. (b) subject to subsection (4), foreign persons or entities;
3. (c) organs of state; or
4. (d) state-owned enterprises.

(2) A political party may not accept a donation from a person or entity in excess of the prescribed amount within a financial year.

(3) A political party, independent representative or independent candidate may not accept a donation that it knows or ought reasonably to have known, or suspected, originates from the proceeds of crime and must report that knowledge or suspicion to the Commission.

(1) A political party, independent representative or independent candidate must disclose to the Commission all donations received—

1. (a) above the prescribed threshold; and
2. (b) in the prescribed form and manner.

(3) The Commission must publish the donations disclosed to it in terms of subsections (1) and (2)—

1. (a) on a quarterly basis; and
2. (b) in the prescribed form and manner.

(1) No person or entity may deliver a donation to a member of a political party, an independent representative or independent candidate other than for political purposes.

(2) A member of a political party may only receive a donation contemplated in subsection (1) on behalf of the party.

(1) A political party must—

1. (a) deposit all donations received by that political party, membership fees and levies imposed by the political party on its representatives into an account with a bank registered as a bank in terms of the Banks Act, 1990 (Act 94 of 1990), in that political party’s name.