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Making headlines: IEC says Political Party Funding Act to increase transparency ahead of local government elections, ANC MP China Dodovu to lead oversight committee on government's intervention in North West and, Over 200 000 displaced by Central African Republic violence 

 

IEC says Political Party Funding Act to increase transparency ahead of local government elections

The Electoral Commission of South Africa has welcomed the April 1 implementation of the Political Party Funding Act, saying this will increase party funding transparency ahead of the local government elections this year.

Last week President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the implementation of the Act to strengthen public confidence in the democratic political process and assert the right to information.

The commission said with the local government elections scheduled to take place this year, political parties will be required to disclose all donations received between April and June this year.

 

ANC MP China Dodovu to lead oversight committee on government's intervention in North West

ANC MP China Dodovu will lead a parliamentary committee established to oversee government's intervention in North West.

Although national government's intervention in the province was scaled down in December, Parliament's ad hoc committee on the section 100 intervention in North West will keep a close eye on progress in the province.

During a brief virtual meeting on Friday, Dodovu was elected unopposed.

Dodovu is the current chairperson of the Select Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements.

 

Over 200 000 displaced by Central African Republic violence 

More than 200 000 people have fled fighting in the Central African Republic since violence erupted over a December election result, with nearly half crossing into the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The Central African Republic army, backed by UN, Russian and Rwandan troops, has been battling rebels that are seeking to overturn a December 27 vote in which President Faustin-Archange Touadera was declared the winner.

About 92 000 refugees have reached DRC and more than 13 000 have crossed into Cameroon, Chad and the Republic of Congo.

 

That’s a roundup of news making headlines today

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