29. What are the eligibility criteria for political parties to receive public funding?

Art 78 (...) '. Any candidate who has received less than three percent (3%) of the votes cast at the national level or any list that has received less than three percent (3%) of the votes cast at the constituency level and who have not obtained a seat to the Assembly of representatives of the people, must return the entirety of the public compensation. Any list or candidate must also return sums that prove not to be in the nature of election expenses. The State recovers any unused sum of public compensation. ' Source:ORGANIC LAW RELATING TO ELECTIONS AND REFERENDUMS AS ADOPTED BY THE ANC ON 1 MAY 2014