Political Parties in South Africa

Political parties operating in South Africa, connected through the PoliticaHub knowledge graph.

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South African political party

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ZA

party

AB

Abantu Batho Congress

South African political party

Party

ZA

party

AO

Abolition of Income Tax and Usury Party

political party in South Africa

Party

ZA

party

A

ActionSA

South African political party

Party

ZA

party

AM

Africa Muslim Party

political party in South Africa

Party

ZA

party

AR

Africa Restoration Alliance

political party in South Africa

Party

ZA

party

AC

African Change Academy

political party in South Africa

Party

ZA

party

AC

African Christian Democratic Party

Christian right political party in South Africa

Party

ZA

party

AC

African Congress for Transformation

South African political party

Party

ZA

party

AC

African Congress of Democrats

political party from South Africa

Party

ZA

party

AC

African Content Movement

political party from South Africa

Party

ZA

party

AC

African Covenant

political party from South Africa

Party

ZA

party

AD

African Democratic Change

political party from South Africa

Party

ZA

party

AH

African Heart Congress

South African political party

Party

ZA

party

AI

African Independent Congress

political party from South Africa

Party

ZA

party

AM

African Mantungwa Community

political party in South Africa

Party

ZA

party

AN

African National Congress

South Africa's ruling party since 1994 (ANC). Led the anti-apartheid movement. Broad-tent centre-left.

Party

ZA

party

AP

African People's Convention

political party in South Africa

Party

ZA

party

AP

African People's Movement

political party in South Africa

Party

ZA

party

AP

African Peoples' Democratic Union of Southern Africa

political group in Southern Africa

Party

ZA

party

AR

African Renaissance Unity Party

political party from South Africa

Party

ZA

party

AS

African Security Congress

South African political party

Party

ZA

party

AT

African Transformation Movement

political party in South Africa

Party

ZA

party

AM

Afrika Mayibuye Movement

political party in South Africa

Party

ZA

party

AA

Afrikan Alliance of Social Democrats

political party from South Africa

Party

ZA

party

AB

Afrikaner Bond

political party in 19th century southern Africa

Party

ZA

party

AE

Afrikaner Eenheidsbeweging

small South African political party founded in Pretoria in 1998

Party

ZA

party

AP

Afrikaner Party

former political party in South Africa

Party

ZA

party

AP

Afrikaner Peoples Front

former separatist organization in South Africa

Party

ZA

party

AS

Afrikaner self-determination Party

South African far-right political party

Party

ZA

party

AS

Agang South Africa

political party from South Africa

Party

ZA

Al Jama-ah

political party from South Africa

Party

ZA

party

AT

All Things Are Possible (political party)

political party in South Africa

Party

ZA

party

AF

Alliance for Transformation for All

political party from South Africa

Party

ZA

party

AO

Alliance of Citizens for Change

political party in South Africa

Party

ZA

party

AM

Allied Movement for Change

South African political party

Party

ZA

party

AP

Azanian People's Organisation

political party from South Africa

Party

ZA

party

BR

Better Residents Association

political party from South Africa

Party

ZA

party

BF

Black First Land First

political party from South Africa, anti-white

Party

ZA

party

BB

Blanke Bevrydingsbeweging

South African neo-Nazi organisation

Party

ZA

party

B

Boeremag

far-right South African terrorist organization

Party

ZA

party

BP

Boerestaat Party

political party in South Africa

Party

ZA

party

BP

Bolsheviks Party of South Africa

political party in South Africa

Party

ZA

party

BD

Bophuthatswana Democratic Party

political party in Apartheid South Africa

Party

ZA

party

BO

Build One South Africa

political party in South Africa

Party

ZA

party

CC

Cape Coloured Congress

political party in South Africa

Party

ZA

party

CP

Cape Party

political party in South Africa

Party

ZA

party

CP

Capitalist Party of South Africa

political party from South Africa

Party

ZA

party

CP

Christen Party/Christian Party

political party in South Africa

Party

ZA

party

CD

Christian Democratic Alliance

minor political party in South Africa

Party

ZA

party

CD

Christian Democratic Party

political party in South Africa

Party

ZA

party

CF

Christian Front

South Africa political party

Party

ZA

party

CP

Christian Political Movement

political party from South Africa

Party

ZA

party

CN

Ciskei National Independence Party

African political party

Party

ZA

party

CW

Civic Warriors of Maruleng

political party in South Africa

Party

ZA

party

CP

Communist Party of Namibia

Political party in South Africa.

Party

ZA

party

CO

Compatriots of South Africa

political party from South Africa

Party

ZA

party

CO

Congress of the People

political party from South Africa (Formed in 2008 by former members of the African National Congress.)

Party

ZA

party

CP

Conservative Party of South Africa

conservative party (formed in 1982 by former members of the National Party; seeks the establishment of a separate Afrikaner State as part of a South African confederation; merged in 2003 with the Freedom Front to form the Freedom Front Plus)

Party

ZA

party

DP

Dabalorivhuwa Patriotic Front

political party

Party

ZA

party

DP

Dagga Party

South African political party advocating cannabis legalization

Party

ZA

party

DA

Democratic Alliance

centrist-liberal political party in South Africa formed in 2000

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ZA

party

DI

Democratic Independent Party

political party in South Africa

Party

ZA

party

DL

Democratic Liberal Congress

political party from South Africa

Party

ZA

party

DP

Democratic Party

political party in South Africa

Party

ZA

party

DP

Democratic Party (South Africa)

political party in South Africa

Party

ZA

party

DP

Democratic Progressive Party

former political party in South Africa

Party

ZA

party

DR

Democratic Reform Party

defunct political party in South Africa

Party

ZA

party

DP

Dikwankwetla Party of South Africa

political party in South Africa

Party

ZA

party

DP

Dominion Party

South Africa

Party

ZA

party

EE

Economic Emancipation Forum

political party from South Africa

Party

ZA

Economic Freedom Fighters

pan-Africanist political party in South Africa

Party

ZA

party

EL

Economic League

Political party in South Africa.

Party

ZA

party

EP

ECOPEACE Party

political party in South Africa

Party

ZA

party

FA

Federal Alliance

South African political party

Party

ZA

party

FO

Federation of Democrats

defunct South African political party

Party

ZA

party

FF

Forum for Service Delivery

South African political party

Party

ZA

party

FD

Free Democrats

political party from South Africa

Party

ZA

party

FF

Freedom Front Plus

right-wing Afrikaner nationalist political party in South Africa

Party

ZA

party

FN

Front National

political party from South Africa

Party

ZA

party

GL

Gazankulu Liberation Congress

South African political party

Party

ZA

party

G

Good

Political party in South Africa

Party

ZA

party

HN

Herenigde Nasionale Party

Political Parties

Party

ZA

Herstigte Nasionale Party

political party in South Africa

Party

ZA

party

HV

Het Volk

Transvaal political party

Party

ZA

party

IC

Independent Civic Organisation of South Africa

political party in South Africa

Party

ZA

party

ID

Independent Democrats

political party in South Africa

Party

ZA

party

IP

Independent Party (South Africa)

political party (1987–1989)

Party

ZA

party

IF

Inkatha Freedom Party

right-wing Zulu nationalist political party in South Africa

Party

ZA

party

IR

International Revelation Congress

political party from South Africa

Party

ZA

party

KG

Karoo Gemeenskaps Party

political party in South Africa

Party

ZA

party

KI

Keep It Straight and Simple Party

South African political party

Party

ZA

party

KA

Khoisan Aboriginal and Others Movement

political party in South Africa

Party

ZA

party

LP

Labour Party

political party in South Africa from 1969 to 1994

Party

ZA

party

LP

Land Party

political party from South Africa

Party

ZA

party

MC

MAP16 Civic Movement

political party in South Africa

Party

ZA

party

MF

Minority Front

political party in South Africa

Party

ZA

party

NC

Namakwa Civic Movement

South African political party

Party

ZA

party

NN

Namibia National Front

political party

Party

ZA

party

NL

Natal Labour Party

Political party in South Africa.

Party

ZA

party

NA

National Action

defunct political party in South Africa

Party

ZA

party

NC

National Conservative Party

political party of South Africa

Party

ZA

party

NC

National Conservative Party of South Africa

political party in South Africa

Party

ZA

party

ND

National Democratic Convention

political party in South Africa

Party

ZA

party

NF

National Freedom Party

political party in South Africa

Party

ZA

party

NP

National Party

1914–1997 political party known for implementing apartheid

Party

ZA

party

NP

National Party of South-West Africa

political party

Party

ZA

party

NP

National Party South Africa

political party in South Africa

Party

ZA

party

NP

National People’s Ambassadors

political party from South Africa

Party

ZA

party

NP

National People’s Front (South Africa)

political party from South Africa

Party

ZA

party

NP

National People's Party

South African political party

Party

ZA

party

NR

National Religious Freedom Party

political party in South Africa

Party

ZA

party

NU

National Union

short-lived South African political party founded in 1960

Party

ZA

party

NU

National Union of South African Students

political party in South Africa

Party

ZA

party

NL

New Labour Party

political party in South Africa

Party

ZA

party

NN

New National Party

1997–2005 political party in South Africa

Party

ZA

party

NR

New Republic Party

1977–1988 political party in South Africa

Party

ZA

party

NS

New South Africa Party

South African political party

Party

ZA

party

OU

Orangia Unie

political party

Party

ZA

party

OH

Organic Humanity Movement

South African political party

Party

ZA

party

PA

Pan Africanist Congress of Azania

political party in South Africa

Party

ZA

party

PA

Patriotic Alliance

South African political party

Party

ZA

party

PA

Peace and Justice Congress

political party in South Africa

Party

ZA

party

PM

People's Movement for Change (South Africa)

political party in South Africa

Party

ZA

party

PR

People’s Revolutionary Movement

political party from South Africa

Party

ZA

party

PB

Plaaslike Besorgde Inwoners

Anti-corruption party opposing Democratic Alliance in rural backyard

Party

ZA

party

PO

Power of Africans Unity

political party from South Africa

Party

ZA

party

PF

Progressive Federal Party

1977–1989 anti-apartheid party in South Africa

Party

ZA

party

PP

Progressive Party

South African political party

Party

ZA

party

PR

Progressive Reform Party

political party in South Africa

Party

ZA

party

PN

Purified National Party

former South African party

Party

ZA

party

RP

Reform Party

South African political party

Party

ZA

party

RM

Rise Mzansi

South African political party

Party

ZA

party

SU

Sizwe Ummah Nation

South African political party

Party

ZA

party

SP

Socialist Party of Azania

political party in South Africa

Party

ZA

party

SR

Socialist Revolutionary Workers Party

political party from South Africa

Party

ZA

party

S

Solidarity

Political party in South Africa.

Party

ZA

party

SA

South African Democratic Congress

disbanded South African political party

Party

ZA

party

SA

South African Gentile National Socialist Movement

political party

Party

ZA

party

SA

South African Maintenance and Estate Beneficiaries Association

political party from South Africa

Party

ZA

party

SA

South African National Congress of Traditional Authorities

political party from South Africa

Party

ZA

party

SA

South African Party

political party in the Union of South Africa

Party

ZA

party

SA

South African Political Party

political party in South Africa

Party

ZA

party

SA

South African Rainbow Alliance

political party in South Africa

Party

ZA

party

SN

Spectrum National Party

political party from South Africa

Party

ZA

party

SC

Sterkspruit Civic Association

political party in South Africa

Party

ZA

party

TS

Team Sugar South Africa

political party in South Africa

Party

ZA

party

TP

The Peoples Independent Civic Organisation

political party in South Africa

Party

ZA

party

TN

Transkei National Independence Party

defunct political party in South Africa

Party

ZA

party

TI

Transvaal Independent Labour Party

Political party in South Africa.

Party

ZA

party

UP

Ubuntu Party

South African political party

Party

ZA

party

UW

uMkhonto we Sizwe

South African political party created December 2023

Party

ZA

party

UF

Union Federal Party

South African political party

Party

ZA

party

UP

Unionist Party

political party South Africa. (Formed in 1910; merged into the South African Party in November 1920.)

Party

ZA

party

UF

Unite for Change

South African political party

Party

ZA

party

UA

United Africans Transformation

South African political party

Party

ZA

party

UC

United Christian Democratic Party

political party in South Africa

Party

ZA

party

UC

United Congress (South Africa)

political party in South Africa

Party

ZA

party

UD

United Democratic Front

political party in South Africa (Officially launched in August 1983 ; disbanded in 1991.)

Party

ZA

party

UD

United Democratic Movement

political party in South Africa

Party

ZA

party

UI

United Independent Front

political party in South Africa

Party

ZA

party

UI

United Independent Movement

political party from South Africa

Party

ZA

party

UM

United Movement for Democratic Change

political party in Zimbabwe

Party

ZA

party

UP

United Party

South African political party

Party

ZA

party

UP

Uniting People First

political party in South Africa

Party

ZA

party

UP

Universal Party

Political party in South Africa.

Party

ZA

party

V

Volksparty

South African political party

Party

ZA

party

WF

Women Forward

political party from South Africa

Party

ZA

Workers and Socialist Party

South African socialist party founded in 2012

Party

ZA

party

WI

Workers International Vanguard League

political party in South Africa

Party

ZA

party

WO

Workers Organisation for Socialist Action

political party in South Africa

Party

ZA

party

WP

Workers Party of South Africa

South African political party

Party

ZA

party

WR

Workers Revolutionary Party

political party in Namibia

Party

ZA

party

X

Xiluva

political party in South Africa

Party

ZA

party

ZA

Zabalaza Anarchist Communist Front

South African platformist-especifista anarchist political organisation based primarily in Johannesburg.

Party

ZA