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Purified National Party Afrikaans: Gesuiwerde Nasionale Party: GNP 1935 1940 Afrikaner nationalism Social conservatism: Roos Party: RP 1929 1935 Afrikaner nationalism Monetary reform: Socialist League: SP 1915 1921 Socialism: Socialist Party SP 1938 1948 Democratic socialism Social democracy: South African Party Afrikaans: Suid-Afrikaanse Party ...
Logo of the National Party during the 1990s Share of National Party votes in 1994. The areas which voted for the National Party were largely Afrikaans- or English speaking Flag of the National Party during the 1990s. The National Party won 20.39% of the vote and 82 seats in the National Assembly at the first multiracial election in 1994.
The Afrikaner Party's roots can be traced back to September 1939, when South Africa declared war on Germany shortly after the start of World War II.The then Prime Minister J.B.M. Hertzog and his followers did not agree with this move and broke away from the United Party to form the Volksparty (People's Party).
In 1914, the National Party was founded to promote Afrikaner interests. [8] It gained power by winning South Africa's 1948 general elections . [ 20 ] The party was noted for implementing a harsh policy of racial segregation ( apartheid ) and declaring South Africa a republic in 1961. [ 8 ]
The relaunched National Party of 2008 promoted a non-racial democratic South Africa based on federal principles and the legacy of F.W De Klerk. [ 2 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] A press release issued by Jean-Duval Uys on the party's website, dated 22 January 2009, deals with a Cape High Court challenge against Uys by Williams and Omar on behalf of themselves ...
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The party was also formed on the principles of the Conservative Party of Andries Treurnicht but with a modern approach. Afrikaner self-determination is the core policy of the party, but that does not exclude other people of European descent, such as British South Africans, Irish, Portuguese, Greeks, Poles and Italians. They also focus on the ...
Front National (Afrikaans: Front Nasionaal, FN) was a South African far-right political party formed in late 2013 as a successor to the Federale Vryheidsparty . [1] The party promoted secession and Afrikaner nationalism. Front National strikes no distinction between English-speaking Whites and Afrikaners in South Africa. [2]