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]}

History of Green politics in South Africa

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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.

Election results

Year	National		Western Cape provincial		City of Cape Town				References
Year	National		Western Cape provincial		Ward		Proportional		References
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
Election^[7]^[8]	%	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

References

^ ^a ^b 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
^ National and Provincial Elections Results, 1999. IEC
^ Western Cape Results. IEC
^ Party Support, Province: Western Cape, Ward: All Wards, Party: The Green Party of South Africa. IEC
^ 2004 Provincial election, Western Cape. IEC
^ "Election Resources on the Internet: Republic of South Africa General Election Results Lookup".
^ "Results Dashboard". www.elections.org.za. Retrieved 11 May 2019.

External links

Green Party of South Africa (2018) Archived 1 June 2023 at the Wayback Machine
Cape Town Greens (2007)
Gauteng Greens

Political parties in South Africa

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Other parties

Communist & Socialist	African Content Movement Azanian People's Organisation Bolsheviks Party of South Africa National People's Ambassadors Socialist Revolutionary Workers Party South African Communist Party Workers International Vanguard Party Workers and Socialist Party United Congress
Social Democrats	African Congress of Democrats African Democratic Change Afrikan Alliance of Social Democrats Agang South Africa Patriotic Alliance Power of Africans Unity Rise Mzansi
Pan-Africanist	African People's Convention Abantu Batho Congress Black First Land First Pan Africanist Movement
Minority Rights	Africa Muslim Party Cape Muslim Congress Compatriots of South Africa Minority Front National Coloured Congress
Liberal & Libertarian	ActionSA Capitalist Party of South Africa Democratic Liberal Congress Free Democrats
Agrarian	Civic Warriors of Maruleng Land Party
Christian Democrats	Christian Democratic Party Christian Political Movement Economic Emancipation Forum Kingdom Governance Movement United Christian Democratic Party Uniting People First
Environmentalist	ECOPEACE Party Green Party
Single Issue	African Security Congress All Things Are Possible Alliance for Transformation for All Dagga Party Forum for Service Delivery New South Africa Party Operation Dudula Referendum Party South African Maintenance and Estate Beneficiaries Association Women Forward
Local Issues & Regionalist	Better Residents Association Cape Independence Party Dabalorivhuwa Patriotic Front Gazankulu Liberation Congress Karoo Gemeenskap Party MAP16 Civic Movement Plaaslike Besorgde Inwoners Sterkspruit Civic Association
Conservative	African Covenant International Revelation Congress National Party South Africa
Afrikaner Nationalist	Afrikaner Self-determination Party Boerestaat Party Herstigte Nasionale Party National Conservative Party of South Africa
African Traditionalist	African Mantungwa Community African Renaissance Unity Party Dikwankwetla Party of South Africa National People's Front National Religious Freedom Party South African National Congress of Traditional Authorities
Uncategorised	African Change Academy African Congress for Transformation African People's Movement Alliance of Citizens for Change Democratic Independent Party Independent Civic Organisation of South Africa The Peoples Independent Civic Organisation People's Movement for Change South African Political Party South African Rainbow Alliance Spectrum National Party Team Sugar South Africa uMkhonto we Sizwe United Independent Movement Xiluva Ximoko Party

Defunct parties

Communist	Socialist Party of Azania Workers Party of South Africa
Socialist & Social Democratic	Labour Party (1910) Labour Party (1969) New Labour Party United Independent Front
Liberal & Progressive	Democratic Party (1989) Democratic Party (1973) Democratic Progressive Party Democratic Reform Party Dominion Party Federal Alliance Independent Democrats Independent Party Liberal Party of South Africa Progressive Federal Party Progressive Party (1890) Progressive Party (1959) Progressive Reform Party Reform Party South African Business Party South African Democratic Congress South African Party (1896) South African Party (1910) Union Federal Party Unionist Party
Conservative	Christian Democratic Alliance Christian Front Christen Party/Christian Party Federation of Democrats Herenigde Nasionale Party Het Volk National Conservative Party National People's Party (1981) National Union New National Party New Republic Party Solidarity South African Party (1977) United Party
Afrikaner Nationalist	Afrikaner Bond Afrikaner Eenheidsbeweging Afrikaner Party Afrikaner Volksfront Conservative Party Front National National Action National Party Orangia Unie Purified National Party South African Gentile National Socialist Movement Volksparty
Miscellaneous	Abolition of Income Tax and Usury Party Ciskei National Independence Party Keep It Straight and Simple Party Khoisan Aboriginal and Others Movement National Alliance National Democratic Convention National People's Party Peace and Justice Congress Pro-death Penalty Party Transkei National Independence Party Ubuntu Party Universal Party

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Americas	Argentina Green Initiative (defunct) Belize Bolivia Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Costa Rica Dominican Republic Guatemala French Guiana Haiti Mexico Nicaragua Peru Puerto Rico Saint Vincent and the Grenadines United States Uruguay Green Sol PERI PVA Venezuela
Asia-Pacific	Australia Bangladesh Fiji India India Greens Party Uttarakhand Parivartan Party (UKPP) Indonesia Atjeh Green Party Indonesian Green Party Sarekat Hijau Indonesia Iran Green Party of Iran Green Party Iraq Israel Ale Yarok The Greens Green Party Meretz Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Lebanon Malaysia Mongolia Nepal New Zealand Pakistan Palestinian Greens Philippines Solomon Islands South Korea Taiwan Thailand Uzbekistan
Europe (EGP FYEG)	Albania Andorra Austria Armenia Belarus Belgium Flanders and Brussels Wallonia and Brussels Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Green Party The Greens Croatia Orah ZL Cyprus Czech Republic Green Party Liberal-Environmental Party Denmark The Alternative Socialist People's Party The Greens Estonia Finland France CAP21 Génération Écologie Europe Ecology – The Greens Mouvement Ecologiste Indépendant Ecologist Party Georgia Germany Alliance 90/The Greens Ecological Democratic Party Greece Ecologist Greens Greens – Solidarity Hungary Dialogue for Hungary Politics Can Be Different Iceland Ireland Italy Green Europe Green Italia Isle of Man Kosovo Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Green Party Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union Luxembourg Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands GroenLinks The Greens North Macedonia Norway Poland Portugal Earth Party The Greens LIVRE Romania Ecologist Party Green Party Russia Civil United Green Alternative Ecological Party "The Greens" Union of Greens Green Alliance Green Alternative Serbia Ecological Uprising Greens of Serbia Together Green–Left Front Slovakia Slovenia Greens Youth Party Spain Catalonia Greens Confederation of the Greens Equo The Greens–Green Group Sweden Switzerland Green Party Green Liberal Party Turkey Greens' Party Ukraine United Kingdom England and Wales (Wales) Northern Ireland Scotland
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