Agang South Africa

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Mamphela Ramphele (2013)

Agang South Africa [ aˈɣaŋ ] ( North Sotho / Setswana and English, officially Agang South Africa Party , Agang SA or Agang for short ; German for example: “Let's build South Africa”) is a party in South Africa .

history

Agang SA was founded on February 18, 2013 by the former anti- apartheid activist and businesswoman Mamphela Ramphele . She also became the party leader. On June 22, 2013, the founding congress took place in Pretoria . Among the supporters belonged Desmond Tutu . On January 28, 2014, the Democratic Alliance (DA) announced that Ramphele would be the DA's top candidate in the 2014 parliamentary elections ; Agang SA should be merged into the DA. Ramphele withdrew her promise a few days later. The planned merger with the DA was apparently under pressure from entrepreneur and billionaire Nathan Kirsh, who sponsored Agang South Africa.

For the parliamentary elections in 2014, the party ran with Ramphele as the top candidate. It received 0.28% of the vote nationwide and thus two of the 400 seats in the National Assembly . She received no seats in the simultaneous elections to the Provincial Legislatures . Ramphele retired from politics in July 2014. In the 2016 state- wide local elections , the party only received 0.02% of the vote. At the elections in 2019 , she participated, but lost their seats in the National Assembly.

Program and organization

Agang SA sees itself as a fighter against corruption and wants to put the individual citizen at the center of public life. Among other things, she is seeking a return to majority voting.

Agang SA is based in Johannesburg . The board has members who are responsible for women and youth work. The party color is green. The motto is: Building a winning South Africa together (“ Building a victorious South Africa together ”).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Party statutes (English, PDF), accessed on May 26, 2014
  2. ↑ Opening speech on the website of Agang SA ( memento of March 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (English), accessed on May 26, 2014
  3. ↑ Desmond Tutu: Agang ANC challenger. The Guardian, June 21, 2013, accessed May 26, 2014
  4. ↑ Exposed: DA-Agang mystery funder. iol.co.za of February 9, 2014 (English), accessed May 26, 2014
  5. ^ Ramphele quits politics. news24.com of July 8, 2014 (English), accessed July 26, 2016
  6. ↑ 2016 election results (PDF), accessed on August 14, 2016
  7. ↑ Agang SA election manifesto for the 2014 election ( Memento of June 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on May 26, 2014
  8. ↑ Agang SA's goals for the 2014 election ( Memento from February 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on May 26, 2014
  9. ↑ Official website ( Memento of July 11, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (English), accessed on February 8, 2016