African Independent Congress

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The African Independent Congress (AIC; German for example: "African Independent Congress") is a party in South Africa .

history

The AIC was founded on December 12, 2005 in Matatiele . It was triggered by a protest against the change in the provincial borders of KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape , through which the Matatiele Local Municipality came to the Eastern Cape. The first chairman was Mandla Galo, who had previously belonged to the African National Congress (ANC).

In the local elections in 2006, the AIC received ten seats in the Matatiele Local Municipality. In 2009 he received his first seat in the Provincial Legislature of the Eastern Cape; In 2011 he won seats in seven local municipalities in the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal in local elections . In the Matatiele Local Municipality he received 13 percent of the vote.

In the 2014 national elections , the AIC received three of the 400 seats in the National Assembly for the first time with over 97,000 votes (0.53%) . In the provinces of the Eastern and Western Cape, where he ran for the elections to the Provincial Legislature , he received just under 23,000 votes. Analysts attributed this to the fact that the AIC received votes intended for the ANC, as it was listed above the ANC on the national ballot paper and the party colors and names depicted there were similar. The AIC denied this. The African Independent Congress defended its seat in the Provincial Legislature of the Eastern Cape in these elections.

In the state-wide local elections in 2016 , the AIC received 0.98%, making it the fifth largest party. The party used its mandates to support candidates of the ANC and in return to initiate the revision of the provincial membership of the Matatiele Local Municipality. In the 2019 National Assembly elections , the AIC lost to just 0.28% of the vote and two seats. He also lost his seat in the Provincial Legislature of the Eastern Cape.

Program and organization

The AIC is in opposition to the ruling ANC, which it accuses of neglecting the interests of many citizens. The AIC supports a referendum to abolish Civil Union Act No. 17 of 2006 , which allows same-sex marriages because they run counter to "African culture".

The seat of the AIC is Matatiele. The chairman is Mandla Galo. The party colors are black, yellow, green and white.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Self-description on the AIC website ( Memento from May 11, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (English), accessed on May 25, 2014
  2. ^ Rise against incompetent leaders - AIC. iol.co.za, July 15, 2012, accessed May 25, 2014
  3. ^ Susan Booysen (Ed.): Local elections in South Africa: Parties, People, Politics. African Sun Media, Stellenbosch 2012, ISBN 978-0-98700965-4 . Digitized
  4. ^ AIC heads for Parliament: Did voters mistake it for ANC? ( Memento of May 11, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) City Press of May 8, 2014 (English), accessed on May 25, 2014
  5. ↑ We did not get ANC votes - AIC. iol.co.za on May 9, 2014, accessed May 9, 2014
  6. ↑ 2016 election results (PDF), accessed on August 14, 2016
  7. ^ A tiny party throws ANC a bone during post-election coalition bartering. Mail & Guardian of August 24, 2016, accessed May 16, 2017
  8. ↑ Campaigns on the AIC website ( Memento from May 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on May 25, 2014