Lobby group My Vote Counts is back in the Western Cape High Court on Monday for round two of its challenge to the Electoral Matters Amendment Act.
JOHANNESBURG - But My Vote Counts said it effectively removed the limits for accepting and declaring donations which were previously prescribed in the Political Party Funding Act.
In May, the court found prima facie, or on the face of it, that My Vote Counts had established its case. It said"the foundational values of our constitutional democracy - like openness, responsiveness accountability" - could, otherwise, be"at the mercy of unknown and even unscrupulous funders".
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