South Africa: Other parties registered at national level 2009
Updated March 2009
Parties are ordered by date of founding and alphabetically. All of these parties were registered with the IEC in 2009. Parties that have not participated in national elections are excluded from the list.
- Some may no longer exist (God's People's Party, for instance has not competed in an election since 1999).
- Others, though registered on a national level, compete only in municipal elections (eg the Independent Civic Organisation of South Africa).
- Yet other parties are competing as part of a coalition in 2009. The Dabalorivhuwa Patriotic Front, for instance, competed in the 2006 local government elections, but forms part of the A Party coalition for the 2009 elections.
| Party | Leaders | Founding |
|---|---|---|
| South African Communist Party Formerly: Communist Party of South Africa |
Blade Nzimande (SG) | 1921 |
| Workers International Vanguard League (WIVL) Formerly: Trotskyist Revolutionaries |
Shaheed Mahomed | 1985 |
| Boerestaat Party (BSP) | Coen Vermaak Robert van Tonder (d 1999) |
1986 |
| Workers Party (WP) | Thulani Dorius Hlatshwayo | 1989? 2 June 1999? |
| Merit Party (MP) | Sol Schkolne | before 1994 |
| Abolition of Income Tax and Usury Party | Nicholas Lang | 1994 |
| Africa Muslim Party (AMP) | Dr I Sooliman | 1994 |
| Regte/Right Party (RP) | George Sinclair | 1994 |
| Ecopeace Formerly: eThekwini Ecopeace, eThekwini Ecoparty |
Alan Murphy | 1995 |
| Dabalorivhuwa Patriotic Front (DPF) | Tshifhiwa Samuel Makhale | January 1998 |
| God's People's Party (GPP) | JHJ van Rensburg | July 1998 |
| The Socialist Party of Azania (SOPA) | Tiyani Lybon Mabasa | 21 March 1998 |
| Christian Democratic Party | Rev Theunis Botha | 9 Sep 1999 |
| Green Party of SA (GPGP) Formerly: Government by the People Green Party |
Judy Sole | 1999 |
| Independent Civic Organisation of South Africa (ICOSA) | LS Dlamini? | 1999 |
| Simunye in Christ Organisation (SIMUNYE) | R Mogudi? | 1999 |
| The South African Region of Independent Churches (SARIC) | 1999 | |
| The Employment Movement of South Africa | Michael Reitz | 1999 |
| South African Political Alliance (SAFPA) | before 2000 | |
| Alliance for Democracy and Prosperity (ADP) | Mogoboya Nelson Ramodike | 2003 |
| National Success Party | 2003 | |
| Peace and Development Party (PDP) | Jan Hendrick Slabbert | 2003 |
| National Christian Democratic Party (NCDP) | before 2004 | |
| United Front (UF) | Sibusiso Radebe | 2003 |
| United Moral Movement for the Advancement of All (UMMA) | before 2004 | |
| African Nazareth Democratic Movement (ANDM) | Thokozani Hlatshwayo | Jan 2004 |
| Khoisan United Front (KUF) | Stanley van der Berg | 2004 |
| Royal Loyal Progress (RLP) | Dudu Melta Sibiya | 2004 |
| Christen Party/Christian Party (CP) | Louis Johannes Botha Marneweck | Sep 2005 |
| Federation of Democrats | Louis Green | Sep 2005 |
| African Christian Alliance AKA Afrikaner Christen Alliansie |
Petrus Johannes van der Westhuizen | Nov 2005 |
| Ubumbano Lwesizwe Independent Residence Association (ULIRA) | Sibani Robert Mdletshe | 2005 |
| Value, Education, Nationalism, Democracy in Africa (VENDA) | DA Mathivha | 2005 |
| World Solidarity Movement (WSM) | Bernardo van Heerden-Baez | 2005 |
| South African Business Party (SABP) | Claire Last | 15 Mar 2006 |
| Freedom Power | Thembinkosi Masinga | 13 Jan 2008 |
| Conservative Party | Peet Booysen | 23 Jun 2008 |
| A Party | Anthony Penderis | Dec 2008 |
| Ahanang People's Organisation | Jeri Kekana | 2008 |
| United Citizen Forum of South Africa | Marie L Carter Dr Weston Shabangu |
2008 |
| Azanian Native Socialist Congress | Mzwanele Zulu | 10 Jan 2009 |
| Afrika Borwa Kgutlisa Botho | Malefu Potsane | |
| National Republican Party (NRP) |