List of political parties in South Africa
This is a list of political parties in South Africa. South Africa is a democratic but one-party dominant state with the African National Congress as the governing party. Other parties such as the Democratic Alliance govern provinces and municipalities, with some in coalitions with smaller parties.
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Parliamentary Parties
Former Parliamentary Parties
Active Extra-Parliamentary Parties
| Name | Abbreviation | Leader | Year Founded | Main Ideologies | Highest Number of National Assembly Seats (year) | Highest Number of National Council of Provinces Seats (year) |
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| African People's Convention | APC | Themba Godi | 2007 | African nationalism | 1 (2014) | 0 |
| Agang South Africa | AGANG SA | Andries Tlouamma | 2013 | Liberalism | 2 (2014) | 0 |
| Azanian People's Organisation | AZAPO | Strike Thokoane | 1978 | Black Consciousness | 1 (2009) | 0 |
| Minority Front | MF | Shameen Thakur-Rajbansi | 1993 | Indian Minority interests | 2 (2004) | 0 |
| United Christian Democratic Party | UCDP | Isaac Sipho Mfundisi | 1997 | Christian democracy | 3 (2004) | 1 (2009) |
Extra-Parliamentary Parties
- Abolition of Income Tax and Usury Party
- ActionSA[1]
- Africa Muslim Party (AMP)
- African Change Academy (ACA)
- African Content Movement (ACM)
- African Covenant (ACO)
- African Democratic Change
- African Mantungwa Community
- African Renaissance Unity
- African Security Congress
- African Christian Alliance[2]
- Afrikan Alliance of Social Democrats
- Afrikaner Volksparty[3]
- All Things Are Possible
- Alliance for Transformation for All
- Better Residents Association (BRA)
- Black First Land First (BLF)
- Boerestaat Party [BP]
- Bolsheviks Party of South Africa
- Build South Africa (BSA) [4]
- Cape Party[5]
- Christian Democratic Party
- Capitalist Party of South Africa
- Civic Warriors of Maruleng
- Communist Party of South Africa (Marxist-Leninist)[6]
- Compatriots of South Africa
- Dabalorivhuwa Patriotic Front
- Dagga Party[7]
- Democratic Liberal Congress
- Democratic Socialist movement (CWI)
- Dikwankwetla Party
- Economic Emancipation Forum (EEF)
- ECOPEACE Party
- Federal Party SA - FPSA[8]
- Forum for Service Delivery
- Free Democrats
- Front Nasionaal (FN) (previously Federale Vryheidsparty)[9]
- Gazankulu Liberation Congress
- Green Party of South Africa (GPSA) [10]
- Herstigte Nasionale Party
- International Revelation Congress
- Keep It Straight and Simple Party
- Kingdom Governance Movement
- Land Party (South Africa)
- National Conservative Party of South Africa
- National Democratic Convention (NADECO)
- National Party South Africa (NP)
- National People’s Ambassadors (NPA)
- National People's Front
- National People's Party (NPP)[11]
- National Religious Freedom Party
- New South Africa Party
- Pan Africanist Movement
- Patriotic Alliance
- Peace and Justice Congress
- People’s Revolutionary Movement (South Africa)
- Plaaslike Besorgde Inwoners
- Power of Africans Unity (PAU)
- Republican Democrats[12]
- Sakhisizwe Convention
- Socialist Green Coalition[13]
- Socialist Revolutionary Workers Party (South Africa)
- South African Communist Party (SACP) – part of the ANC-led "Tripartite Alliance"
- South African Maintenance and Estate Beneficiaries Association
- South African National Congress of Traditional Authorities
- South African Political Party
- The Organic Humanity Movement (The OHM)[14]
- The Peoples Independent Civic Organisation
- True Freedom Party[15]
- Truly Alliance[16]
- Ubuntu Party
- United Congress
- Uniting People First
- Women Forward[17]
- Workers and Socialist Party (WASP)
- Workers Organization for Socialist Action
- Ximoko Party
Defunct Parties
- Afrikaner Party (AP)(1941–1951)
- Christen Party/Christian Party (2005–??)
- Christian Democratic Alliance (???–2009)
- Christian Front (CF)[18] (???–2014)
- Conservative Party (CP) (1982–2004)
- Democratic Left Front
- Democratic Party (DP) (1973–1977)
- Democratic Party (DP) (1989–2000)
- Dominion Party(1934–1948)
- Federal Alliance (1998–2007)
- Federal Party (1994–?)
- Federation of Democrats (2005–??)
- Independent Democrats (ID)(2003–2014)
- Khoisan Aboriginal and Others Movement
- Labour Party (1910–1958)
- Labour Party (1969–1994)
- Liberal Party of South Africa (1953–1968)
- Nasionale Aksie (2003-???2004)
- National Alliance[19]
- National Party (NP) (1915–1997) government from 4 June 1948 until 9 May 1994
- New Labour Party (NLP) (2004–2009)
- New National Party (NNP)(1997–2005)
- New Republic Party(1977–1988)
- Pro-death Penalty Party (2004??)
- Progressive Federal Party (PFP)(1977–1989)
- Progressive Party(1957–1975)
- Progressive Reform Party (1975–1977)
- Reform Party(1975–1975)
- Socialist Party of Azania
- South African Business Party (???–2012)
- South African Democratic Congress (Sadeco)(2008–2011)
- South African Party (SAP) (1911–1934)
- South African Party (SAP) (1977–1980)
- United Independent Front (2005–2010)
- United Party (UP)(1934–1977)
- Universal Party(???–2014)
References
- "Former Joburg mayor Herman Mashaba launches his new ActionSA party". TimesLIVE. Retrieved 2020-09-07.
- Westhuizen, Pieter van der. "ACA Party". Acaparty.org.za. Archived from the original on 2018-08-10. Retrieved 2019-02-19.
- "Tuisblad - Afrikanervolksparty". afrikanervolksparty.org. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
- http://www.buildsa.org.za
- "Cape Party – Free The Cape". Capeparty.com.
- "Welcome to the Communist Party of South Africa (Marxist-Leninist) — Communist Party of South Africa (Marxist-Leninist)". Cpsa-ml.co.za.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-12. Retrieved 2012-11-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- https://federalpartysa.github.io/
- "Legal Notice No 37064". Government Gazette. 581 C. 29 November 2013.
- https://www.greensouthafrica.co.za/. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-11-03. Retrieved 2007-11-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) National Peoples Party
- "New political party, the Republican Democrats to contest elections". Times LIVE. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-09-27. Retrieved 2018-12-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "The OHM". www.organichumanitymovement.org. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-10-07. Retrieved 2013-10-05.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "Home". trulyalliance.org.za. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
- "Five parties deregistered by IEC". Times LIVE. 5 February 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
five parties – the Justice Party, the Real Congress, the United Democratic Civic Organisation, the Unemployed People's Party and the Christian Front – were deregistered
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-04-18. Retrieved 2009-04-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
External links
- Independent Electoral Commission
- Political parties in South Africa at Curlie
- ANC's foes rise up
- Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung: Political Parties in South Africa
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