The ANC has used its majority in the National Assembly to ram through the contentious Electoral Amendment Bill despite vociferous opposition from other parties and a throng of civil society bodies.
The Constitutional Court has given the president 12 months to amend the executive ethics code so that it requires members of the executive the president, cabinet ministers and MECs to publicly disclose donations to their internal political party campaigns.
ANC's Beatie Hofmeyr believes those standing as independent candidates in 2024 will be the 'rejects' who lost leadership battles within political parties.