The Seoposengwe Party was a

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular area's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology, ...

Namibia Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country on the west coast of Southern Africa. Its borders include the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south; in the no ...

, representing the

Tswana Tswana may refer to: * Tswana people, the Bantu languages, Bantu speaking people in Botswana, South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Zambia, and other Southern Africa regions * Tswana language, the language spoken by the (Ba)Tswana people * Tswanaland, ...

minority in rural eastern Namibia. The party emerged from the ''Tswana Alliance'', a group participating at the

Turnhalle Constitutional Conference The Turnhalle Constitutional Conference was a conference held in Windhoek Windhoek (; ; ) is the capital and largest city of Namibia. It is located in central Namibia in the Khomas Highland plateau area, at around above sea level, almost e ...

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between 1975 and 1977. In 1980 the Tswana Alliance was renamed ''Seoposengwe Party'', and joined the

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in the same year. Its only leader was Constance Kgosiemang, paramount chief of the Tswana. Deputy party president during this time was Gregory Tibinyane. In February 1981 the Ipelegeng Democratic Party (IDP) split off under the leadership of Gates Mootseng. A further split in 1986 resulted in the formation of the Mmabatho People's Party, led by Michael Simana.

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