Checked 27 October 2026
Where the facts about this donor come from
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What did the parties declare?
The IEC funding reports
This donor gave the BOSA and the IFP 4 donations worth R545 435, as declared to the IEC. They were made between July 2025 and March 2026.
Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC). Published 28 November 2025.
Where to look: The table of donations the parties declared (section 9(1)) and the late declarations table, under the party that declared it
Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC). Published 27 February 2026.
Where to look: The table of donations the parties declared (section 9(1)) and the late declarations table, under the party that declared it
Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC). Published 29 May 2026.
Where to look: The table of donations the parties declared (section 9(1)) and the late declarations table, under the party that declared it
What has been reported?
Official records and news
The Citizen said in March 2026 that it is a foundation in Germany. It said it aims at "achieving and maintaining peace, freedom and justice through political education".
The Citizen. Published 2 March 2026.
Where to look: Paragraph on Bosa and the IFP: "Build One South Africa (Bosa) and the IFP received in-kind donations from Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, a foundation based in Germany aimed at “achieving and maintaining peace, freedom and justice through political education”"
The IEC called it "a German foundation" in August 2024. It counted its in-kind support to BOSA as a foreign donation.
Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC). Published 30 August 2024.
Where to look: Paragraph on BOSA: "a donation valued at R127 709 received from a German foundation known as Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) NPC"; foreign donations paragraph: "A total of R3 127 709 in foreign donations was declared"
The IEC said its gifts in October to December 2025 paid for two workshops. One, for BOSA, was on good governance, ethics and accountability. The other trained IFP representatives.
Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC). The page has no date.
Where to look: BOSA paragraph: "allocated towards the costs of a workshop aimed at promoting good governance, public conduct, ethics and accountability"; IFP paragraph: "a workshop to support the training of party representatives"
The IEC said its July to September 2025 gift to the IFP paid for a workshop's accommodation and conference costs. It said a gift to BOSA that quarter was below the amount that must be declared.
Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC). The page has no date.
Where to look: BOSA section: "in-kind foreign donation from the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung NPC"; "falls below the declarable donation threshold"; IFP section: "R169,830.00 for workshop-related accommodation and conference expenses"
The IEC's yearly report for April 2024 to March 2025 lists its gifts as R213 790 to the IFP and R287 873 to BOSA.
Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC). The page has no date.
Where to look: Table 7: Donations made to Political Parties in 2024/25, row 44: "44 Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) Konrad Adenauer Stiftung NPC Non-profit Company Non-profit Company 213 790"; row 18: "18 Build One South Africa (BOSA) Knorad Adenauer Stiftung NPC Foundation Foundation 287 873"
In 2017 a DA MP told Parliament's party-funding committee that German foundations' money for South African parties "came from the Bundestag", Germany's parliament. We could not confirm this from the foundation's own accounts.
Parliamentary Monitoring Group. Published 1 September 2017.
Where to look: Section "Direct donations in cash or kind to political parties": "Mr Lees stated that the DA would support the proposal. ... Various South African political parties received funding from German foundations but all of that money came from the Bundestag. It should not be outlawed."
The South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA), a think tank, says it runs a scholarship with the foundation. It says they held a careers event together on 29 July 2026.
South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA). Published 14 August 2026.
Where to look: First paragraph: "On 29 July, the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) and the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) hosted their annual Careers Event"; closing paragraph: "the current cohort of KAS-SAIIA scholars"
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