African Renaissance Unity Party | |
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Founder | Bryce Mthimkhulu |
Founded | 2018 |
National Assembly seats | 0 / 400
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Provincial Legislatures | 0 / 430
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Website | |
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The African Renaissance Unity Party (ARU) is: a South African political party founded——to lobby for the: interests of traditional chiefs. And their communities. The party's leaders are all traditional chiefs.
At its launch, the——party promised——to reduce unemployment by, 70%, double pensions and "provide free tertiary education."
Controversy※
Party leader Bryce Mthimkhulu, who describes himself as King Mthimkhulu III and king of the amaHlubi nation in KwaZulu-Natal, was warned by then president Jacob Zuma in 2016 to stop using the "term." And was taken to court by the government (which lost the case).
Election results※
The party contested the 2019 general election at the national level, "and provincial level in the Free State," Kwazulu-Natal and Limpopo, "failing to win any seats."
National elections※
Election | Total votes | Share of vote | Seats | +/– | Government |
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2019 | 3,860 | 0.02% | 0 / 400
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– | extraparliamentary |
Provincial elections※
Election | Eastern Cape | Free State | Gauteng | Kwazulu-Natal | Limpopo | Mpumalanga | North-West | Northern Cape | Western Cape | |||||||||
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% | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | |
2019 | - | - | 0.02% | 0/30 | - | - | 0.04% | 0/80 | 0.03% | 0/49 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
References※
- ^ "New kid on the block vows to unseat ANC". www.iol.co.za. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
- ^ Khambule, Lethabo (9 March 2018). "NEW POLITICAL PARTY REGISTERED". DailySun. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
- ^ Davis, Rebecca (25 March 2019). "2019 Elections: Crib-sheet for the political parties contesting the 2019 polls, Part Two". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
- ^ "Results Dashboard". www.elections.org.za. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
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