Rehoboth Freedom Party

The Rehoboth Volksparty () 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 ...

. It was founded in 1968 by

Hans Diergaardt Johannes Gerard Adolph Diergaardt, more commonly known as Hans Diergaardt (16 September 1927 – 13 February 1998) was a Namibian politician active for nearly a decade after Namibia gained independence. Prior to that, he was elected as the fifth Tr ...

, on the basis of the Rehoboth Taxpayers Association. In 1971, the RVP joined the

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. In August 1976 the party was merged into the

South West Africa People's Organisation The South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO ; , SWAVO; , SWAVO), officially known as the SWAPO Party of Namibia, is a political party and former independence movement in Namibia (formerly South West Africa). Founded in 1960, it has been ...

(SWAPO). In February 1989, the RVP was reconstituted by Arrie Hermanus Smit. Defunct political parties in Namibia Rehoboth, Namibia Political parties established in 1968 1968 establishments in South West Africa {{Namibia-party-stub