Parties

Full Name	Short Name	Leader	Established	Ideologies	National Assembly	NCOP	Provincial Legislatures	Municipal Council Seats
Umkhonto We Sizwe	MK	Jacob Zuma	2023	African Nationalism	58	0	0	0
RISE Mzansi	RISE	Songezo Zibi	2023	Social Democracy	2	0	0	0	View Manifesto
Change Starts Now	CSN	Roger Jardine	2023	Social Democracy		0	0	0
South African Rainbow Alliance	SARA	Colleen Makhubele	2023			0	0	0
Build One South Africa	BOSA	Mmusi Maimane	2022	Centrism	2	0	0	0	View Manifesto
United Africans Transformation	UAT	Wonder Mahlatsi	2022	Social Democracy & Pan-Africanism	1	0	0	0
Abantu Batho Congress	ABC	Philani Mavundla	2021			0	0	25
ActionSA	ACTIONSA	Herman Mashaba	2020	Classical Liberalism	6	0	0	90
National Coloured Congress	NCC	Fadiel Adams	2020	Localism	2	0	0	8
United Independent Movement	UIM	Neil De Beer	2020	Centrism		0	0	4
Africa Restoration Alliance	ARA	Jerome Swartz	2020			0	0	2
Team Sugar South Africa	TSSA	Musa Thwala	2019			0	0	7
Afrikan Alliance Of Social Democrats	AASD	Pappie Mokoena	2019	Social Democracy & Pan-Africanism		0	0	2
African Transformation Movement	ATM	Vuyolwethu Zungula	2018	Christian Democracy & Social Conservatism	2	0	2	53	View Manifesto
Good	GOOD	Patricia De Lille	2018	Social Democracy	1	0	1	45	View Manifesto
Map16 Civic Movement	MAP16		2018			0	0	20
National Peoples Front	NAPF	Bheki Gumbi	2018	African Nationalism		0	0	1
African Content Movement	ACM	Hlaudi Motsoeneng	2018	African Nationalism		0	0	0
African Democratic Change	ADEC	Visvin Reddy	2017	Anti-Corruption		0	0	3	View Manifesto
Plaaslike Besorgde Inwoners	PBI	Isaac Sipho Mfundisi	2016	Anti-Corruption		0	0	6
Bolsheviks Party Of South Africa	BPSA	Fanie Mogotji	2016	Marxism–Leninism		0	0	4
Democratic Liberal Congress	DLC	Patrick Pillay	2016	Liberalism & Environmentalism		0	0	2	View Manifesto
Power Of Africans Unity	PAU	Julius Nsingwane	2016			0	0	2
Peoples Revolutionary Movement	PRM	Nhlanhla Buthelezi	2016	Social Conservatism & National Conservatism		0	0	1	View Manifesto
Forum For Service Delivery	F4SD	Mbahare Johannes Kekana	2015			0	0	32	View Manifesto
South African Maintenance And Estate Beneficiaries Association	SAMEBA	Makgorometse Gift Makhaba	2014			0	0	2
Economic Freedom Fighters	EFF	Julius Malema	2013	Marxism–Leninism & Ultranationalism	39	11	50	982	View Manifesto
Patriotic Alliance	PA	Gayton Mckenzie	2013	Right-Wing Populism	9	0	0	75
International Revelation Congress	IRC	Te Mammba	2013	Social Conservatism & Social Welfare		0	0	2
National Freedom Party	NFP	Vacant	2011	Egalitarianism & Social Democracy		0	1	52	View Manifesto
Better Residents Association	BRA	Delta Mokoena	2011	Localism		0	0	3
Congress Of The People	COPE	Mosiuoa Lekota	2008	Social Democracy & Social Liberalism		0	0	13
Al Jama-Ah	ALJAMA	Ganief Hendricks	2007	Islamic Democracy	2	0	1	12	View Manifesto
African Peoples Convention	APC	Themba Godi	2007	African Nationalism & Pan-Africanism		0	0	14	View Manifesto
Cape Independence Party	CAPEXIT	Jack Miller	2007	Cape Independence Direct Democracy		0	0	1
Independent Civic Organisation Of South Africa	ICOSA	Jeffrey Donson	2006			0	0	8
African Independent Congress	AIC	Mandla Galo	2005	Social Conservatism		0	0	43
Democratic Alliance	DA	John Steenhuisen	2000	Liberalism & Federalism	87	20	89	1494	View Manifesto
United Democratic Movement	UDM	Bantu Holomisa	1997	Social Democracy	3	0	2	51	View Manifesto
United Christian Democratic Party	UCDP	Isaac Sipho Mfundisi	1997	Christian Democracy & Federalism		0	0	6
Freedom Front Plus	VF+	Pieter Groenewald	1994	Afrikaner Nationalism & Right-Wing Populism	6	3	11	221	View Manifesto
African Christian Democratic Party	ACDP	Kenneth Meshoe	1993	Christian Democracy & Social Conservatism	3	0	3	49	View Manifesto
Minority Front	MF	Shameen Thakur-Rajbansi	1993	Indian Interests		0	0	1
Azanian Peoples Organisation	AZAPO	Strike Thokoane	1978	Black Consciousness & Socialism		0	0	2	View Manifesto
Inkatha Freedom Party	IFP	Velenkosini Hlabisa	1975	Conservatism & Economic Liberalism	17	2	14	544	View Manifesto
Pan Africanist Congress Of Azania	PAC	Mzwanele Nyhontso	1959	African Socialism & Black Nationalism	1	0	0	21
African National Congress	ANC	Cyril Ramaphosa	1912	African Nationalism	159	54	255	4549	View Manifesto

Umkhonto We Sizwe (MK)

Leader: Jacob Zuma

Established: 2023

National Assembly: 58

NCOP: 0

Provincial Legislatures: 0

Municipal Council Seats: 0

African Nationalism

RISE Mzansi (RISE)

Leader: Songezo Zibi

Established: 2023

National Assembly: 2

NCOP: 0

Provincial Legislatures: 0

Municipal Council Seats: 0

Social Democracy

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Change Starts Now (CSN)

Leader: Roger Jardine

Established: 2023

National Assembly:

NCOP: 0

Provincial Legislatures: 0

Municipal Council Seats: 0

Social Democracy

South African Rainbow Alliance (SARA)

Leader: Colleen Makhubele

Established: 2023

National Assembly:

NCOP: 0

Provincial Legislatures: 0

Municipal Council Seats: 0

Build One South Africa (BOSA)

Leader: Mmusi Maimane

Established: 2022

National Assembly: 2

NCOP: 0

Provincial Legislatures: 0

Municipal Council Seats: 0

Centrism

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United Africans Transformation (UAT)

Leader: Wonder Mahlatsi

Established: 2022

National Assembly: 1

NCOP: 0

Provincial Legislatures: 0

Municipal Council Seats: 0

Social Democracy & Pan-Africanism

Abantu Batho Congress (ABC)

Leader: Philani Mavundla

Established: 2021

National Assembly:

NCOP: 0

Provincial Legislatures: 0

Municipal Council Seats: 25

ActionSA (ACTIONSA)

Leader: Herman Mashaba

Established: 2020

National Assembly: 6

NCOP: 0

Provincial Legislatures: 0

Municipal Council Seats: 90

Classical Liberalism

National Coloured Congress (NCC)

Leader: Fadiel Adams

Established: 2020

National Assembly: 2

NCOP: 0

Provincial Legislatures: 0

Municipal Council Seats: 8

Localism

United Independent Movement (UIM)

Leader: Neil De Beer

Established: 2020

National Assembly:

NCOP: 0

Provincial Legislatures: 0

Municipal Council Seats: 4

Centrism

Africa Restoration Alliance (ARA)

Leader: Jerome Swartz

Established: 2020

National Assembly:

NCOP: 0

Provincial Legislatures: 0

Municipal Council Seats: 2

Team Sugar South Africa (TSSA)

Leader: Musa Thwala

Established: 2019

National Assembly:

NCOP: 0

Provincial Legislatures: 0

Municipal Council Seats: 7

Afrikan Alliance Of Social Democrats (AASD)

Leader: Pappie Mokoena

Established: 2019

National Assembly:

NCOP: 0

Provincial Legislatures: 0

Municipal Council Seats: 2

Social Democracy & Pan-Africanism

African Transformation Movement (ATM)

Leader: Vuyolwethu Zungula

Established: 2018

National Assembly: 2

NCOP: 0

Provincial Legislatures: 2

Municipal Council Seats: 53

Christian Democracy & Social Conservatism

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Good (GOOD)

Leader: Patricia De Lille

Established: 2018

National Assembly: 1

NCOP: 0

Provincial Legislatures: 1

Municipal Council Seats: 45

Social Democracy

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Map16 Civic Movement (MAP16)

Leader:

Established: 2018

National Assembly:

NCOP: 0

Provincial Legislatures: 0

Municipal Council Seats: 20

National Peoples Front (NAPF)

Leader: Bheki Gumbi

Established: 2018

National Assembly:

NCOP: 0

Provincial Legislatures: 0

Municipal Council Seats: 1

African Nationalism

African Content Movement (ACM)

Leader: Hlaudi Motsoeneng

Established: 2018

National Assembly:

NCOP: 0

Provincial Legislatures: 0

Municipal Council Seats: 0

African Nationalism

African Democratic Change (ADEC)

Leader: Visvin Reddy

Established: 2017

National Assembly:

NCOP: 0

Provincial Legislatures: 0

Municipal Council Seats: 3

Anti-Corruption

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Plaaslike Besorgde Inwoners (PBI)

Leader: Isaac Sipho Mfundisi

Established: 2016

National Assembly:

NCOP: 0

Provincial Legislatures: 0

Municipal Council Seats: 6

Anti-Corruption

Bolsheviks Party Of South Africa (BPSA)

Leader: Fanie Mogotji

Established: 2016

National Assembly:

NCOP: 0

Provincial Legislatures: 0

Municipal Council Seats: 4

Marxism–Leninism

Democratic Liberal Congress (DLC)

Leader: Patrick Pillay

Established: 2016

National Assembly:

NCOP: 0

Provincial Legislatures: 0

Municipal Council Seats: 2

Liberalism & Environmentalism

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Power Of Africans Unity (PAU)

Leader: Julius Nsingwane

Established: 2016

National Assembly:

NCOP: 0

Provincial Legislatures: 0

Municipal Council Seats: 2

Peoples Revolutionary Movement (PRM)

Leader: Nhlanhla Buthelezi

Established: 2016

National Assembly:

NCOP: 0

Provincial Legislatures: 0

Municipal Council Seats: 1

Social Conservatism & National Conservatism

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Forum For Service Delivery (F4SD)

Leader: Mbahare Johannes Kekana

Established: 2015

National Assembly:

NCOP: 0

Provincial Legislatures: 0

Municipal Council Seats: 32

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South African Maintenance And Estate Beneficiaries Association (SAMEBA)

Leader: Makgorometse Gift Makhaba

Established: 2014

National Assembly:

NCOP: 0

Provincial Legislatures: 0

Municipal Council Seats: 2

Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF)

Leader: Julius Malema

Established: 2013

National Assembly: 39

NCOP: 11

Provincial Legislatures: 50

Municipal Council Seats: 982

Marxism–Leninism & Ultranationalism

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Patriotic Alliance (PA)

Leader: Gayton Mckenzie

Established: 2013

National Assembly: 9

NCOP: 0

Provincial Legislatures: 0

Municipal Council Seats: 75

Right-Wing Populism

International Revelation Congress (IRC)

Leader: Te Mammba

Established: 2013

National Assembly:

NCOP: 0

Provincial Legislatures: 0

Municipal Council Seats: 2

Social Conservatism & Social Welfare

National Freedom Party (NFP)

Leader: Vacant

Established: 2011

National Assembly:

NCOP: 0

Provincial Legislatures: 1

Municipal Council Seats: 52

Egalitarianism & Social Democracy

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Better Residents Association (BRA)

Leader: Delta Mokoena

Established: 2011

National Assembly:

NCOP: 0

Provincial Legislatures: 0

Municipal Council Seats: 3

Localism

Congress Of The People (COPE)

Leader: Mosiuoa Lekota

Established: 2008

National Assembly:

NCOP: 0

Provincial Legislatures: 0

Municipal Council Seats: 13

Social Democracy & Social Liberalism

Al Jama-Ah (ALJAMA)

Leader: Ganief Hendricks

Established: 2007

National Assembly: 2

NCOP: 0

Provincial Legislatures: 1

Municipal Council Seats: 12

Islamic Democracy

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African Peoples Convention (APC)

Leader: Themba Godi

Established: 2007

National Assembly:

NCOP: 0

Provincial Legislatures: 0

Municipal Council Seats: 14

African Nationalism & Pan-Africanism

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Cape Independence Party (CAPEXIT)

Leader: Jack Miller

Established: 2007

National Assembly:

NCOP: 0

Provincial Legislatures: 0

Municipal Council Seats: 1

Cape Independence Direct Democracy

Independent Civic Organisation Of South Africa (ICOSA)

Leader: Jeffrey Donson

Established: 2006

National Assembly:

NCOP: 0

Provincial Legislatures: 0

Municipal Council Seats: 8

African Independent Congress (AIC)

Leader: Mandla Galo

Established: 2005

National Assembly:

NCOP: 0

Provincial Legislatures: 0

Municipal Council Seats: 43

Social Conservatism

Democratic Alliance (DA)

Leader: John Steenhuisen

Established: 2000

National Assembly: 87

NCOP: 20

Provincial Legislatures: 89

Municipal Council Seats: 1494

Liberalism & Federalism

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United Democratic Movement (UDM)

Leader: Bantu Holomisa

Established: 1997

National Assembly: 3

NCOP: 0

Provincial Legislatures: 2

Municipal Council Seats: 51

Social Democracy

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United Christian Democratic Party (UCDP)

Leader: Isaac Sipho Mfundisi

Established: 1997

National Assembly:

NCOP: 0

Provincial Legislatures: 0

Municipal Council Seats: 6

Christian Democracy & Federalism

Freedom Front Plus (VF+)

Leader: Pieter Groenewald

Established: 1994

National Assembly: 6

NCOP: 3

Provincial Legislatures: 11

Municipal Council Seats: 221

Afrikaner Nationalism & Right-Wing Populism

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African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP)

Leader: Kenneth Meshoe

Established: 1993

National Assembly: 3

NCOP: 0

Provincial Legislatures: 3

Municipal Council Seats: 49

Christian Democracy & Social Conservatism

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Minority Front (MF)

Leader: Shameen Thakur-Rajbansi

Established: 1993

National Assembly:

NCOP: 0

Provincial Legislatures: 0

Municipal Council Seats: 1

Indian Interests

Azanian Peoples Organisation (AZAPO)

Leader: Strike Thokoane

Established: 1978

National Assembly:

NCOP: 0

Provincial Legislatures: 0

Municipal Council Seats: 2

Black Consciousness & Socialism

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Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP)

Leader: Velenkosini Hlabisa

Established: 1975

National Assembly: 17

NCOP: 2

Provincial Legislatures: 14

Municipal Council Seats: 544

Conservatism & Economic Liberalism

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Pan Africanist Congress Of Azania (PAC)

Leader: Mzwanele Nyhontso

Established: 1959

National Assembly: 1

NCOP: 0

Provincial Legislatures: 0

Municipal Council Seats: 21

African Socialism & Black Nationalism

African National Congress (ANC)

Leader: Cyril Ramaphosa

Established: 1912

National Assembly: 159

NCOP: 54

Provincial Legislatures: 255

Municipal Council Seats: 4549

African Nationalism

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