Tripartite Alliance

For the envisioned Anglo-French-Soviet alliance of 1939, see Tripartite military talks. For other uses, see Tripartite Alliance (disambiguation).

Tripartite Alliance
President of the ANCCyril Ramaphosa
General Secretary of the SACPSolly Afrika Mapaila
President of the COSATUZingiswa Losi
Founded11 February 1990 (1990-02-11)
HeadquartersJohannesburg, South Africa
Ideology
Political position
Member partiesAfrican National Congress
Congress of South African Trade Unions
South African Communist Party
National Assembly seats
159 / 400

The Tripartite Alliance is an alliance between the African National Congress (ANC), the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and the South African Communist Party (SACP).[4][5] The ANC holds a plurality in the South African parliament, while the SACP and COSATU have not contested any democratic election in South Africa.

The Alliance was forged in 1990 after the release of Nelson Mandela. The movements were opposed to white minority rule by the apartheid government.[5] The Tripartite Alliance is also known as the Revolutionary Alliance or just the Alliance.[5]

Constituent parties

The NPF is currently composed of the following political parties:

Party Abbreviation Ideology National Assembly of South Africa Government
African National Congress ANC African nationalism
Social democracy
159 / 400
 In government
South African Communist Party SACP Communism
Marxism–Leninism
0 / 400
 In government but not represented in the National Assembly
Congress of South African Trade Unions COSATU Trade unionism
Labourism
0 / 400
 In government but not represented in the National Assembly

See also

References

  1. ^ William Mervin Gumede, ed. (15 May 2008). Thabo Mbeki and the Battle for the Soul of the ANC. Zed Books. p. 306. The grand ambition of Mbeki and the ANC managers is to make the party the natural home of all-black and white-who occupy 'middle' South Africa. The basic contention is that there is a cross-racial majority within South African politics that instinctively espouses moderate politics and values. A centrist ANC would be the fulcrum of a shared programme to remake South Africa's economy and society.
  2. ^ Andrea Scheibler; David M. Anderson; Nic Cheeseman, eds. (5 July 2017). Routledge Handbook of African Politics. Taylor & Francis. p. 30. Indeed, federation is supported primarily by narrowly based minority parties – the white-dominant National Party and Democratic Alliance (DA), and the Zulu nationalist Inkatha Freedom Party – and remains unpopular with most black supporters of the dominant African National Congress (ANC), who favour a strong, centrist, and consolidated developmental state.
  3. ^ "SACP to establish left-wing, working-class movement, eyes election run". Eyewitness News. 14 October 2024.
  4. ^ "South Africa's youngsters are let down by a lousy education system". The Economist. 25 April 2019. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  5. ^ a b c "About the Tripartite Alliance". cosatu.org.za. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
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