Hard-won gains in the declaration of private party funding are set to be undone with the stroke of a pen as the governing ANC seemingly yearns for the days where its finances remained under wraps.
This, two months before a watershed general election.
In 2018, advocates for openness and transparency celebrated when the Political Party Funding Act (PPFA) was passed, ushering in a new era of transparency around who funds South Africa's main political parties.