Government_by_the_People_Green_Party
Green Party of South Africa
Political party in South Africa
The Green Party of South Africa (GPSA) is a small political party in the Western Cape province. It is a member of the Federation of Green Parties of Africa.[citation needed]
Green Party of South Africa | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1999 |
| Headquarters | Noordhoek, Cape Town, South Africa |
| Ideology | Environmentalism |
| Political position | Centre |
| International affiliation | Federation of Green Parties of Africa |
| Website | |
| greenpartyofsouthafrica | |
The Ecology Party was established in November 1989, but disbanded after recruiting only 1 800 members.[1]
Ian Brownlie launched the Green Party (GRP) in July 1992, but it too disbanded after failing to win a seat in the Western Cape Provincial legislature during the 1994 Provincial and National general elections under the leadership of Nathan Grant.[1]
Judy Sole founded the Government by the People Green Party (GPGP) in 1999, which she later renamed to The Green Party of South Africa. The party has contested elections as the Green Party of South Africa since the 2000 local elections. Due to the lack of funding the Green Party of South Africa only participated in the 2004 provincial elections but was reconstituted in early February 2019 to contest the provincial elections.
| Year | National | Western Cape provincial |
City of Cape Town | References | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward | Proportional | ||||||||
| 1994 | 2 611 | 0.1% | [2] | ||||||
| 1999 | 9 193 | 0.06% | 2 453 | 0.15% | [3][4] | ||||
| 2000 | 477 | 0.07% | 1 973 | 0.28% | [5] | ||||
| 2004 | 3 317 | 0.21% | [6] | ||||||
Provincial elections
| Election[7][8] | Eastern Cape | Free State | Gauteng | Kwazulu-Natal | Limpopo | Mpumalanga | North-West | Northern Cape | Western Cape | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | |
| 1994 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.1% | 0/42 |
| 1999 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.15% | 0/42 |
| 2004 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.21% | 0/42 |
| 2019 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.13% | 0/42 |
- Kotzé, Hendrik Jakobus; Anneke Greyling (1994). Political organizations in South Africa A-Z (2 ed.). Tafelberg. ISBN 0-624-03261-2.
- Álvarez-Rivera, Manuel (2004-01-05) Republic of South Africa 1994 General Election. Election Resources on the Internet
- "Results Dashboard". www.elections.org.za. Retrieved 11 May 2019.