The Ubuntu Party was a minor South African political party founded in 2012 by author and songwriter Michael Tellinger. Based on the principles of

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Contributionism, the party espouses Tellinger's pseudolegal ideas. The party aimed to introduce 100% employment by closing down the

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and replacing it with a people's bank that will grant interest-free home-loans, fund massive public works, and provide free electricity as

Eskom Eskom Hld SOC Ltd or Eskom is a South African electricity public utility. Eskom was established in 1923 as the Electricity Supply Commission (ESCOM) (). Eskom represents South Africa in the Southern African Power Pool. The utility is the larg ...

, the state-owned electricity utility, is owned by the people of South Africa. They also plan to eliminate the necessity for government altogether. The party took part in the 2014 General Election at a national level. Second on their list of candidates was Stephen Goodson, leader of the

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, a former director of the

and controversial for his

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. In a 2020 social media post, the party noted it was no longer active in politics and had not contested an election since 2016.

National elections

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Municipal elections

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2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

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References

2012 establishments in South Africa 2020 disestablishments in South Africa Defunct political parties in South Africa Political parties disestablished in 2020 Political parties established in 2012 Pseudolaw {{SouthAfrica-party-stub