What is KONRAD ADENAUER STIFTUNG NPC?
KONRAD ADENAUER STIFTUNG NPC
Organisation, political education
- The BOSAAs declared to the IEC
R217 276 in total
October 2025 to March 2026
- The IFPAs declared to the IEC
R328 160 in total
July 2025 to December 2025
This donor gave the BOSA and the IFP 4 donations worth R545 435, as declared to the (IEC The Electoral Commission of South Africa. It runs elections. It is independent, so it does not take orders from the government or any party.). They were made between July 2025 and March 2026.
Its gifts are in kind, which means (Goods or services Things given to a party instead of cash. Examples are paying its bills, lending it things to use, or paying for a venue or staff.), not money. We could not confirm from its own records where its money comes from.
Who is behind it?
We found no owners or directors in an official register or in major news outlets.
What did the parties declare?
Every donation the (Party A group of people who stand for election together, with shared plans.) told the (IEC The Electoral Commission of South Africa. It runs elections. It is independent, so it does not take orders from the government or any party.) about, as the IEC published it, newest first. Cash and (Goods or services Things given to a party instead of cash. Examples are paying its bills, lending it things to use, or paying for a venue or staff.) are shown apart.
January to March 2026
The BOSA
- Cash
- None
- Goods or services
- R113 795
Declared late, or once the donor's total for the year passed the limit
October to December 2025
The BOSA
- Cash
- None
- Goods or services
- R103 481
Declared late, or once the donor's total for the year passed the limit
October to December 2025
The IFP
- Cash
- None
- Goods or services
- R158 330
Declared late, or once the donor's total for the year passed the limit
July to September 2025
The IFP
- Cash
- None
- Goods or services
- R169 830
Declared late, or once the donor's total for the year passed the limit
What has been reported?
South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)14 August 2026
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.
Read the report ↗The Citizen2 March 2026
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".
Read the report ↗Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC)30 August 2024
The (IEC The Electoral Commission of South Africa. It runs elections. It is independent, so it does not take orders from the government or any party.) called it "a German foundation" in August 2024. It counted its in-kind support to BOSA as a foreign donation.
Read the report ↗Parliamentary Monitoring Group1 September 2017
In 2017 a DA (MP (Member of Parliament) A person who sits in Parliament, which makes South Africa's laws. They are not chosen in this local election.) told (Parliament South Africa's national law-makers, in Cape Town. It has two parts, the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces.) (Party A group of people who stand for election together, with shared plans.)-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.
Read the report ↗Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC)
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.
Read the report ↗Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC)
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.
Read the report ↗Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC)
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.
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Does it have documented links abroad?
CountryGermany
The IEC named a German foundation
In August 2024, the (IEC The Electoral Commission of South Africa. It runs elections. It is independent, so it does not take orders from the government or any party.) said BOSA received a donation "from a German foundation known as Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) NPC". So the IEC counted it as money from abroad.
Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC), 30 August 2024 ↗Helps two South African parties
The IEC's 2025 funding report lists KAS gifts to the IFP and to BOSA from April 2024 to March 2025.
Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) ↗Runs a scholarship with SAIIA
SAIIA, a South African think tank on world affairs, says it and KAS held their yearly careers event on 29 July 2026. It also names "the current cohort of KAS-SAIIA scholars".
South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA), 14 August 2026 ↗