TONY LEON | The ANC cleaves to its liberation ticket, but its expiry date is fast approaching

Long-serving dominant parties are eventually undone. Perhaps this is why ours is plundering tax money now

13 October 2020 - 19:54 By tony leon

Hard-pressed taxpayers need to brace themselves for the latest squeeze from the ANC. This is a recent proposal to increase state (i.e. taxpayer) funding of political parties from R146m annually to a whopping R500m, a surge of more than 240%. ..

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