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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).
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.
Herenigde Nasionale Party English: Reunited National Party: HNP 1940 1948 Afrikaner nationalism Social conservatism: Labour Party Afrikaans: Suid-Afrikaanse Arbeidersparty: LP 1910 1958 Democratic socialism Social democracy: Purified National Party Afrikaans: Gesuiwerde Nasionale Party: GNP 1935 1940 Afrikaner nationalism Social conservatism ...
Hertzog led the National Party the 1915 and 1920 elections under the slogan "South Africa first" to create a South Africa independent from the British influence. [18] In the 1924 elections he defeated the South African Party led by Jan Smuts, after Smuts had used force to end the Rand Revolt of white miners in 1922, and stayed in power for 15 ...
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 Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (Afrikaans pronunciation: [ˌafriˈkɑːnər ˈviərstants.ˌbəˈviəχəŋ], meaning 'Afrikaner Resistance Movement'), commonly known by its abbreviation AWB (Afrikaans pronunciation: [/ˌɑː.viə.ˈbiə/]), is a Afrikaner nationalist, white supremacist, and neo-Nazi political party in South Africa.
General elections were held in South Africa on 17 June 1924, [1] electing 135 members of the House of Assembly.Considered a realigning election, rising discontent with the government of Jan Smuts led to the defeat of his government by a coalition of the pro-Afrikaner National Party and the South African Labour Party, a socialist party representing the interests of the white proletariat.
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]