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04Mar07
Last week I posted about the negative press about the ANC’s fundraising practices, and suggested that the ANC has few incentives to reform the system or discontinue their “Progressive Business Forum” fundraisers. According to a peice published at the Mail and Guardian Online, the ANC seems to indeed have little interest in introducing campaign finance transparency […]
South Africa’s ruling ANC was the recipient of significant criticism for its “Progressive Business Forum” - a paid-entry meeting for businesses to have access to ministers and party leaders - which it held last week. The practice, which looks suspiciously like “toll-gating,” was defended by the ANC as standard international practice and the critcism as a “clear case of […]
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