Reports of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC)
IEC Annual Reports
- Report to the National Assembly 2003
- Report to the National Assembly 2002
- Report to the National Assembly 2001
- Report to the National Assembly 2000
- Report to the National Assembly 1999
IEC Represented Political Parties Fund
- Annual Report 2001/2002
- Annual Report 2000/2001
- Annual Report 1998/2000
- Annual Report 1998/1999
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Studies / Publications
Conference Papers
- Public Funding of Political Parties in Africa, Dr Samuel Fambom, September 2003 (PDF 68kb)
- Private Funding of Political Parties in Zambia, Dr Fredrick Mutesa, November 2002
- Challenges of Regulating Private Funding of Political Parties in Africa, Prof Yaw Saffu, November 2002
- Countering Political Corruption: Can Money in Politics be Contained?, Dr John Brademas, October 1999 (PDF 45kb)
- Combating Corruption: Regulating the Funding of Political Parties, Prof David P Shugarman, September 1997
Occasional Papers
- ISS Paper 129: SA Democracy Incorporated. Corporate Fronts and Political Party Funding, Vicki Robinson and Stefaans Brümmer, November 2006 (PDF 258kb)
- Funding Political Parties: Whose Business?, March 2004 (PDF)
- The Politics of State Resources: Party Funding in South Africa, March 2004 (PDF 339kb)
- Securing Democracy: Party Finance and Party Donations – The South African Challenge, Clarence Tshitereke, November 2002 (PDF 168kb)
- Funding Political Parties in Emerging African Democracies: What Role for Norway?, September 2002 (PDF 361kb)
- Detecting Devious Donations, Patrick Laurence, June 2002
- Funding Parties - A Necessary Evil, David Welsh, June 2002
- Reform of
Election
Financing:
Canada, Great
Britain and the
United States, May 2002 (PDF 829kb)
International Studies
- Money in Politics: A Study of Party Financing Practices in 22 Countries, National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, 2005 (PDF 2MB)
- Global Corruption Report 2005: Transparency International (outside link)
- Monitoring Election Campaign Finance: A Handbook for NGOs, Open Society Institute 2005 (PDF 842kb)
- Funding of Political Parties and Election Campaigns, IDEA 2003 (PDF 1MB)
- Money in Politics Handbook: A Guide to Increasing Transparency in Emerging Democracies, USAID, November 2003 (PDF 1.7MB)
- Principles for Election Management, Monitoring, and Observation in the SADC Region, November 2003 (PDF 464kb)
- Paying for Parties – Choices for Democrats, Karen Fogg, August 2003 (PDF 198kb)
- Financing Politics: A Global View, Dr Michael Pinto-Duschinsky, October 2002 (PDF 67kb)
- Political Party Funding and Business Corruption, Antonio Argandoña, January 2002 (PDF 60kb)
- Corruption in Party Financing: The Case for Global Standards, Global Corruption Report 2001 (PDF 145kb)
- Political Financing in the Commonwealth, Commonwealth Secretariat, November 2001 (PDF 137kb)
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Position Papers
- The Melrose Arch Memorandum: Idasa Symposium: 'Political Donations: Roles and Responsibilities', Johannesburg, 6-7 October 2005 (PDF 39kb)
- Report on an Investigation Into an Allegation of Misappropriation of Public Funds by PetroSA, Public Prosecutor, July 2005 ('Oilgate Investigation') (PDF 214kb)
- Party Funding: IEC South Africa, June 2005 (PDF 14kb)
- Policy Briefs on Political Financing: Transparency International (external link)
- Standards on Political Party Finance and Favours: Transparency International (PDF 14kb)
- Judgement: IDASA Court Application on the Disclose of Particulars of Substantial Donations Received by Political Parties, April 2005 (PDF 132kb)
- The Leriba Statement: Private Money and Political Parties in South Africa: The Case for Transparency is Made; Let Reform Follow Soon, November 2004
- Harmony to Fund Political Process in South Africa, March 2004 (PDF 126kb)
- Transparency International Releases First TI Global Corruption Barometer Survey, July 2003 (PDF 216kb)
- Regulation of Private Funding to Political Parties, IDASA, October 2003 (PDF 474kb)
- Political Party Funding Campaign, South Africa: Transparency International Corruption Fighters' Toolkit, 2003 (PDF 39kb)
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Legislation
International
- AU: Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption, Adopted July 2003 (PDF 168kb)
- United Nations Convention Against Corruption (PDF 256kb)
South Africa
- South Africa: Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act 2003, No 12 of 2004 (PDF 2.45MB)
- South Africa: Promotion of Access to Information Act, No 2 of 2000 (PDF 670kb)
- South Africa: Public Funding of Represented Political Parties Act, No 103 of 1997 (PDF 89kb)
- South Africa: Executive Members’ Ethics Act, No 82 of 1998 (PDF 51kb)
- South Africa: Electoral Commission Act, No 51 of 1996 (PDF 40kb)