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2024 South African Provincial Elections
This article summarizes the results of the 29 May 2024 South African provincial elections which were held concurrently with the 2024 South African general election, general election. Voter turnout across the 232,292 voting districts was 58.6 percent. Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng KwaZulu-Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga Northern Cape North West Western Cape References {{South African elections 2024 elections in South Africa, Provincial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Build One South Africa
Build One South Africa (BOSA), officially registered as Build One South Africa With Mmusi Maimane, is a South African political party. It is led by Mmusi Maimane, the leader of the One SA Movement and the former leader of the Democratic Alliance. BOSA secured two parliamentary seats in the National Assembly at the 2024 National and Provincial Elections. History The party was launched on 24 September 2022 in Naledi, Soweto. The deputy leader is Nobuntu Hlazo-Webster, founder and convener of the South African Women’s Commission. The chairperson of the party is the current Nelson Mandela Bay deputy mayor Mkhuseli Jack. The party contested its first by-election in October 2023, winning 1% of the vote in the ward one election in Sol Plaatje Local Municipality. The party contested the 2024 general election as an "umbrella organisation" for independent candidates. Maimane stood as the party's presidential candidate in the elections. The party received around 0.4% of the nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Africans Transformation
The United Africans Transformation (UAT) is a minor political party in South Africa. It was founded in November 2022 by a group of individuals who broke away from the African National Congress (ANC). The UAT is centered around Africanism, pan-Africanism, and socialism. Following the 2024 South African general election, president Cyril Ramaphosa announced that the UAT had joined the government of national unity (GNU). However, the UAT withdrew from the GNU after it did not receive any positions in the Cabinet. History Formation The party was founded by Wonder Mahlatsi, a former African National Congress (ANC) member and businessman. The party was launched in November 2022 in Johannesburg. The UAT has been criticized for its lack of clear policies and its perceived opportunism in breaking away from the ANC. Some have also questioned the leadership style and the party's lack of transparency in its finances and decision-making processes. Participation in Government of Nation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
African Content Movement
The African Content Movement (ACM) is a South African political party founded in December 2018 by former SABC acting COO Hlaudi Motsoeneng. History At the party launch, Motsoeneng claimed he would become president, that the country would produce 90% of its requirements, that the economy shall be in the hands of the people, make company workers shareholders, force foreign companies to leave the country and reduce social grants. The party currently has two seats in Gauteng municipalities after local councillors from the Randfontein People's Party joined the ACM. It also won two seats in Maluti a Phofung in the 2021 municipal election. In March 2019, Motsoeneng encouraged former president Jacob Zuma to join the ACM, stating that they shared the same views on transformation. The party contested the 2019 general election, with Motsoeneng, and actress and former Idols South Africa judge Marah Louw in first and second places respectively on the party's national list, winning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
African Movement Congress
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Komani Progress Action
Komani may refer to: * Official name of Queenstown, South Africa Queenstown, officially Komani, is a town in the middle of the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, roughly halfway between the smaller towns of Cathcart, Eastern Cape, Cathcart and Sterkstroom on the N6 (South Africa), N6 national route. The ..., Eastern Cape * Komani River, a river in South Africa * Lake Komani, a reservoir in Albania ** Komani Hydro Power Plant * Norman Komani, Zimbabwean football player See also * Comani (other) * Kumani (other) * Konami (other) {{Disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
African Congress For Transformation
The African Congress for Transformation (ACT) is a South African political party founded in August 2023 by former African National Congress (ANC) Secretary General, Premier of the Free State Ace Magashule, and fired Hawks boss Berning Ntlemeza. As of August 2023, Magashule faces a number of corruption charges, and was expelled from the ANC in June 2023. Ntlemeza's controversial reign as Hawks chief ended when he was fired from the Hawks by then Minister of Police Fikile Mbalula following a High Court ruling that Ntlemeza lacked integrity and was not fit to hold public office, after lying under oath in a matter about previous head Shadrack Sibiya. ACT intended to contest the 2024 elections but failed to submit all of its lists in time, and will only be appearing in certain regions. In January 2024, Magashule announced a "united front" and "amalgamation" between his party and the uMkhonto we Sizwe Party. Election results National Assembly elections , - ! Election ! Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arise South Africa
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Inkatha Freedom Party
The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP; ) is a conservative political party in South Africa, which is a part of the current South African Third Cabinet of Cyril Ramaphosa, government of national unity together with the African National Congress (ANC). Although registered as a national party, it has had only minor electoral success outside its home province of KwaZulu-Natal. Mangosuthu Buthelezi, who served as chief minister of KwaZulu during the Apartheid period, founded the party in 1975 and led it until 2019. He was succeeded as party president in 2019 Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) National General Conference, 2019 by Velenkosini Hlabisa. During the first decade of the History of South Africa (1994–present), post-Apartheid period, the IFP received over 90% of its support from ethnic Zulus. Since then, the party has worked to increase its national support by promoting Social conservatism, social and economic conservative policies. In the 2019 South African general election, 2019 general ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alliance Of Citizens For Change
The Alliance of Citizens for Change (ACC) is a South African political party founded by expelled Democratic Alliance member and former speaker of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament, Masizole Mnqasela, in July 2023. Formation Masizole Mnqasela was a member of the Democratic Alliance for more than two decades and served in various positions, including as the Speaker of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament. He was expelled from the DA in November 2022 for making disparaging remarks about the party amid him facing allegations of fraud. In June 2023, he announced that he was joining a new civil movement. On 15 July 2023, Mnqasela announced the formation of the Alliance of Citizens for Change at the Rocklands Civic Centre in Mitchells Plain. In August 2023, the councillor for ward 7 of the Swartland Local Municipality, Basil Stanley, joined the party. Policies The party focuses on social justice, and is in favour of the restoration of the death penalty. Election results ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Jama-ah
Al Jama-ah (, ) is a South African political party. It was formed in 2007 by present leader Ganief Hendricks and contested the 2009, 2014, 2019 and 2024 national elections. The party aims to support Muslim rights and interests, though the party states that it supports working for the shared interest of all South Africans from different religious and cultural backgrounds. The flag of Al Jama-ah depicts a white ''ǧīm'' (, the first letter in its Arabic name), upon a field consisting of the other Islamic colours. In January 2023, party member Thapelo Amad became Mayor of Johannesburg. He resigned in April and was replaced by fellow party member Kabelo Gwamanda. History Until 2019, the party had no elected representatives nationally or provincially although it came close in both the 2009 and 2014 elections, and won nine seats at the local level in the 2016 municipal elections. It made a breakthrough in 2019, winning its first national representative (becoming the first Islam- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Good (political Party)
Good (stylized as GOOD) is a South Africa, South African Social democracy, social democratic political party that was formed in December 2018.Patricia de Lille names her party 'Good' Retrieved on 2018-12-03. The party is led by its founder, veteran South African politician Patricia de Lille, who is the current Minister of Tourism (South Africa), Minister of Tourism and former Mayor of Cape Town, Mayor of the city of Cape Town. She is currently the party's sole member in the National Assembly of South Africa, National Assembly. The party's political ideology is Social Democracy, with a focus on spatial justice, Universal Basic Income, and environmental justice. The party's stronghold is the Western Cape province. In May 2019, De Lille was t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
