The Tripartite Alliance is an alliance between the
African National Congress
The African National Congress (ANC) is a social-democratic political party in South Africa. A liberation movement known for its opposition to apartheid, it has governed the country since 1994, when the first post-apartheid election install ...
(ANC), the
Congress of South African Trade Unions
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) is a trade union federation in South Africa. It was founded in 1985 and is the largest of the country's three main trade union federations, with 21 affiliated trade unions.One Union expelled ...
(COSATU) and the
South African Communist Party
The South African Communist Party (SACP) is a communist party in South Africa. It was founded in 1921 as the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA), tactically dissolved itself in 1950 in the face of being declared illegal by the governing N ...
(SACP).
The ANC holds a majority in the
South African parliament, while the SACP and COSATU have not contested any
democratic election
An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office.
Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operated ...
in South Africa.
The Alliance was forged in 1990 after the release of
Nelson Mandela
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (; ; 18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African anti-apartheid activist who served as the first president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country's first black head of state and the ...
. The movements opposed to white minority rule by the apartheid government.
The Tripartite Alliance is also known as the Revolutionary Alliance and just the Alliance.
Constituent parties
The NPF is currently composed of the following political parties:
See also
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Congress Alliance
The Congress Alliance was an anti-apartheid political coalition formed in South Africa in the 1950s. Led by the African National Congress, the CA was multi-racial in makeup and committed to the principle of majority rule.
Congress of the Peopl ...
References
External links
The ANC now at a fork in the roadHow the Tripartite Alliance worksCOSATU and the Tripartite Alliance since 1994The ideological differences within the Tripartite Alliance: What now for the left?
Statement of the Alliance Political Council
Politics of South Africa
Popular fronts
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