Public money
Party funding and donations
Every donation a party or a donor declared to the Electoral Commission under the Political Party Funding Act, exactly as the Commission’s quarterly published declarations reports print it: party, donor, date received, type and amount. The law requires disclosure only above the threshold, so smaller donations are not here; the Commission’s allocations from public funds are a separate report, not yet on the record.
Donors and the parties that declared themDonors declared by several parties
- Declared by parties
- R 1,1 billion
- Parties declaring
- 23
- Donors named
- 220
- Quarterly reports
- 21
Declared by each party
| Party, as published | Total declared | Donations | Donors | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE | R 523 719 778,43 | 205 | 108 | 2021/22 – 2026/27 |
| AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS | R 228 446 813 | 54 | 30 | 2021/22 – 2025/26 |
| ACTIONSA | R 123 875 362,76 | 84 | 34 | 2021/22 – 2026/27 |
| RISE MZANSI | R 97 989 186 | 14 | 11 | 2023/24 – 2026/27 |
| INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY | R 60 159 778,08 | 16 | 10 | 2021/22 – 2025/26 |
| CHANGE STARTS NOW | R 35 970 000 | 4 | 4 | 2023/24 – 2024/25 |
| BUILD ONE SOUTH AFRICA | R 30 055 148,44 | 16 | 8 | 2023/24 – 2025/26 |
| PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE | R 15 988 280 | 27 | 13 | 2021/22 – 2024/25 |
| ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS | R 6 656 089 | 11 | 9 | 2021/22 – 2024/25 |
| LABOUR PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICA | R 5 000 000 | 1 | 1 | 2026/27 |
| UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT | R 2 250 000 | 4 | 4 | 2023/24 |
| INDEPENDENT SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL CIVIC ORGANISATION | R 1 599 000 | 2 | 1 | 2023/24 |
| VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS | R 1 385 038 | 6 | 4 | 2021/22 – 2023/24 |
| GOOD | R 1 063 347 | 5 | 5 | 2021/22 – 2024/25 |
| REFERENDUM PARTY | R 937 341,24 | 1 | 1 | 2024/25 |
| AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY | R 475 000 | 3 | 3 | 2021/22 – 2024/25 |
| ALLIANCE OF CITIZENS FOR CHANGE | R 440 500 | 1 | 1 | 2025/26 |
| SOUTH AFRICAN RAINBOW ALLIANCE | R 400 000 | 1 | 1 | 2024/25 |
| UMKHONTO WESIZWE | R 380 555 | 1 | 1 | 2024/25 |
| ABLE LEADERSHIP | R 360 000 | 3 | 1 | 2023/24 |
| AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT | R 320 000 | 2 | 2 | 2021/22 – 2023/24 |
| ABANTU INTEGRITY MOVEMENT | R 212 386,04 | 2 | 2 | 2021/22 |
| SHOSHOLOZA PROGRESSIVE PARTY | R 150 000 | 1 | 1 | 2021/22 |
Declarations
| Period | Party, as published | Donor, as published | Received | Type | Amount | Declared by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 · Q4 | DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE | MR J TREGER | 29 January 2025 | Monetary | R 200 000 | Declared by the party |
| 2024/25 · Q4 | DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE | MAIN STREET 1564 PTY LTD | 30 January 2025 | Monetary | R 743 687 | Declared by the party |
| 2024/25 · Q4 | DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE | MR SIMON SUSMAN | 11 February 2025 | Monetary | R 250 000 | Declared by the party |
| 2024/25 · Q4 | DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE | MR DAG CRAMER | 18 February 2025 | Monetary | R 250 000 | Declared by the party |
| 2024/25 · Q4 | DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE | POLYOAK PACKAGING (PTY) LTD | 3 March 2025 | Monetary | R 120 000 | Declared by the party |
| 2024/25 · Q4 | DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE | MR A DYMOND | 12 March 2025 | Monetary | R 132 000 | Declared by the party |
| 2024/25 · Q4 | DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE | NASPERS LIMITED | 18 March 2025 | Monetary | R 3 000 000 | Declared by the party |
| 2024/25 · Q4 | DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE | DKS GENERAL INDUSTRIAL CLEANERS | 26 March 2025 | Monetary | R 200 000 | Declared by the party |
| 2024/25 · Q4 | DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE | FRIEDRICH NAUMANN FOUNDATION | 27 March 2025 | In kind | R 1 040 907 | Declared by the party |
| 2024/25 · Q4 | DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE | MR BRUCE MACROBERT | 28 March 2025 | Monetary | R 250 000 | Declared by the party |
| 2024/25 · Q3 | DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE | THE SMOLLAN FOUNDATION TRUST | 2 October 2024 | Monetary | R 150 000 | Declared by the party |
| 2024/25 · Q3 | DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE | FRIEDRICH NAUMANN FOUNDATION | 11 November 2024 | Monetary | R 888 950 | Declared by the party |
| 2024/25 · Q3 | DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE | DANISH LIBERAL DEMOCRACY PROGRAMME | 2 December 2024 | Monetary | R 790 640,66 | Declared by the party |
| 2024/25 · Q3 | DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE | MAIN STREET 1564 PTY LTD | 6 December 2024 | Monetary | R 1 420 773,18 | Declared by the party |
| 2024/25 · Q3 | DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE | MAIN STREET 1564 PTY LTD | 14 December 2024 | Monetary | R 706 316,46 | Declared by the party |
| 2024/25 · Q3 | DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE | FRIEDRICH NAUMANN FOUNDATION | 19 December 2024 | In kind | R 311 546,51 | Declared by the party |
| 2024/25 · Q2 | DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE | MR J SCHECKTER | 22 July 2024 | Monetary | R 234 684 | Declared by the party |
| 2024/25 · Q2 | DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE | FRIEDRICH NAUMANN FOUNDATION | 11 September 2024 | Monetary | R 704 000 | Declared by the party |
| 2024/25 · Q2 | DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE | FRIEDRICH NAUMANN FOUNDATION | 11 September 2024 | In kind | R 189 238,69 | Declared by the party |
| 2024/25 · Q1 | DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE | SAFDEV SSDC (PTY) LTD | 2 April 2024 | Monetary | R 2 500 000 | Declared by the party |
| 2024/25 · Q1 | DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE | FYNBOS EKWITEIT (PTY) LTD | 17 April 2024 | Monetary | R 15 000 000 | Declared by the party |
| 2024/25 · Q1 | DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE | FYNBOS KAPITAAL PROPRIETARY LIMITED | 17 April 2024 | Monetary | R 15 000 000 | Declared by the party |
| 2024/25 · Q1 | DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE | MR J OPPENHEIMER | 25 April 2024 | Monetary | R 15 000 000 | Declared by the party |
| 2024/25 · Q1 | DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE | VOICES OF SOUTH AFRICA FOUNDATION NPC | 30 April 2024 | In kind | R 2 384 162,92 | Declared by the party |
| 2024/25 · Q1 | DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE | DISCOVERY CENTRAL SERVICES | 24 May 2024 | Monetary | R 500 000 | Declared by the party |
| 2024/25 · Q1 | DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE | VOICES OF SOUTH AFRICA FOUNDATION NPC | 31 May 2024 | In kind | R 6 216 876,50 | Declared by the party |
How these records are kept
Each row is one line of a published declarations report, read from the Commission’s PDF and checked against the report’s own printed totals before approval. A donation usually appears twice in a report — declared by the party under section 9(1) and by the donor under section 9(2); Mandate SA keeps both and counts the party’s declaration in totals. Names are exactly as printed; a party name is linked to a party record only when identical to a recorded name. Contributions to the Multi-Party Democracy Fund are not donations to a party. Coverage in detail.