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Congress of the People (South African political party)

Index Congress of the People (South African political party)

The Congress of the People (COPE) is a South African political party formed in 2008 by former members of the African National Congress (ANC). [1]

79 relations: African National Congress, African National Congress Youth League, Allan Boesak, Bantu Holomisa, Bloemfontein, Centre-left politics, Christopher Robert Nicholson, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, Congress of South African Trade Unions, Congress of the People (1955), Democratic Alliance (South Africa), Dominant-party system, Eastern Cape, Facebook, Free State (province), Freedom Charter, Gauteng, Gospel music, Helen Zille, Illovo, Gauteng, Independent Democrats, Inkatha Freedom Party, Jacob Zuma, Julius Malema, Kliptown, Kwaito, KwaZulu-Natal, Leonard Ramatlakane, Limpopo, Mangosuthu Buthelezi, Marxism, Mathews Phosa, Mbhazima Shilowa, Mluleki George, Mosiuoa Lekota, Mpumalanga, Mvume Dandala, National Assembly of South Africa, National Council of Provinces, National Executive Committee, National Executive Committee of the African National Congress, National Prosecuting Authority, Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, Neoliberalism, Non-Racialism, North West (South African province), Northern Cape, Nosimo Balindlela, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, ..., Pretoria, Progressivism, Proportional representation, Provincial legislature (South Africa), Saki Macozoma, Sandton, Scorpions (South Africa), Sello Moloto, Simon Grindrod, Smuts Ngonyama, Social democracy, Social liberalism, South African Arms Deal, South African Communist Party, South African Democratic Congress, South African general election, 2009, South African general election, 2014, South African municipal elections, 2011, South African municipal elections, 2016, Thabo Mbeki, United Democratic Movement, Vice president, Vusi Pikoli, Western Cape, William Mothipa Madisha, Wiseman Lumkile Nkuhlu, Women's wing, Xhosa language, Zulu language. Expand index (29 more) »

African National Congress

The African National Congress (ANC) is the Republic of South Africa's governing political party.

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African National Congress Youth League

The African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) is the youth wing of the African National Congress.

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Allan Boesak

Allan Aubrey Boesak (born 23 February 1946) is a South African Dutch Reformed Church cleric and politician and anti-apartheid activist.

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Bantu Holomisa

Bantubonke Harrington Holomisa (born 25 July 1955) is a South African Member of Parliament and President of the United Democratic Movement.

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Bloemfontein

Bloemfontein (Afrikaans and Dutch "fountain of flowers" or "blooming fountain"; also known as Bloem) is the capital city of the province of Free State of South Africa; and, as the judicial capital of the nation, one of South Africa's three national capitals (the other two being Cape Town, the legislative capital, and Pretoria, the administrative capital) and is the seventh largest city in South Africa.

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Centre-left politics

Centre-left politics or center-left politics (American English), also referred to as moderate-left politics, is an adherence to views leaning to the left-wing, but closer to the centre on the left–right political spectrum than other left-wing variants.

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Christopher Robert Nicholson

Christopher Robert Nicholson (born on 5 February 1945) is a retired South African high court judge and a former cricketer, who played one first-class match for South African Universities in 1967.

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City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality

The City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality is a metropolitan municipality that manages the local governance of Johannesburg, South Africa.

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City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality

The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality (also known as the City of Tshwane) is the metropolitan municipality that forms the local government of northern Gauteng Province, South Africa.

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Congress of South African Trade Unions

The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) is a trade union federation in South Africa.

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Congress of the People (1955)

The Congress of the People was a gathering held in Kliptown on 26 June 1955 to lay out the vision of the South African people.

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Democratic Alliance (South Africa)

The Democratic Alliance (DA) is a South African political party and the official opposition to the governing African National Congress (ANC).

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Dominant-party system

A dominant-party system, or one-party dominant system, is a system where there is "a category of parties/political organisations that have successively won election victories and whose future defeat cannot be envisaged or is unlikely for the foreseeable future."Suttner, R. (2006), "Party dominance 'theory': Of what value?", Politikon 33 (3), pp.

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Eastern Cape

The Eastern Cape is a province of South Africa.

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Facebook

Facebook is an American online social media and social networking service company based in Menlo Park, California.

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Free State (province)

The Free State (Vrystaat, Foreistata; before 1995, the Orange Free State) is a province of South Africa.

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Freedom Charter

The Freedom Charter was the statement of core principles of the South African Congress Alliance, which consisted of the African National Congress (ANC) and its allies - the South African Indian Congress, the South African Congress of Democrats and the Coloured People's Congress.

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Gauteng

Gauteng, which means "place of gold", is one of the nine provinces of South Africa.

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Gospel music

Gospel music is a genre of Christian music.

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Helen Zille

Otta Helene Maree (née Zille; born 9 March 1951), known as Helen Zille, is a South African politician.

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Illovo, Gauteng

Illovo is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa.

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Independent Democrats

The Independent Democrats (ID) was a South African political party, formed by former Pan Africanist Congress member Patricia de Lille in 2003 via floor crossing legislation.

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Inkatha Freedom Party

The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) is a political party in South Africa.

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Jacob Zuma

Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma (born 12 April 1942) is a South African politician who served as the fourth President of South Africa from the 2009 general election until his resignation on 14 February 2018.

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Julius Malema

Julius Sello Malema (born 3 March 1981) is a Member of Parliament and the leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters, a far-left and racial nationalist South African political party, which he founded in July 2013.

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Kliptown

Kliptown is a suburb of the formerly black township of Soweto in Gauteng, South Africa, located about 17 km south-west of Johannesburg.

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Kwaito

Kwaito is a music genre that emerged in Johannesburg, South Africa, during the 1990s.

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KwaZulu-Natal

KwaZulu-Natal (also referred to as KZN and known as "the garden province") is a province of South Africa that was created in 1994 when the Zulu bantustan of KwaZulu ("Place of the Zulu" in Zulu) and Natal Province were merged.

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Leonard Ramatlakane

Leonard Ramatlakane (born 16 February 1953) is the former Minister of Community Safety in the Western Cape province of South Africa whilst an ANC member.

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Limpopo

Limpopo is the northernmost province of South Africa.

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Mangosuthu Buthelezi

Mangosuthu Buthelezi (born 27 August 1928) is a South African politician and Zulu tribal leader who founded the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) in 1975 and was Chief Minister of the KwaZulu bantustan until 1994.

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Marxism

Marxism is a method of socioeconomic analysis that views class relations and social conflict using a materialist interpretation of historical development and takes a dialectical view of social transformation.

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Mathews Phosa

Nakedi Mathews Phosa (born 1 September 1952 in Bushbuckridge (Mpumalanga Province)) is a South African attorney and politician and was also an anti-apartheid activist.

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Mbhazima Shilowa

Mbhazima Samuel (Sam) Shilowa, correct Tsonga spelling "Xilowa" (born 30 April 1958) is a South African politician.

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Mluleki George

Mluleki Editor George (born 2 February 1948) is the former deputy minister of defence of South Africa.

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Mosiuoa Lekota

Mosiuoa Gerard Patrick Lekota (born 13 August 1948) is a South African politician, who currently serves as the President and Leader of the Congress of the People since 16 December 2008.

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Mpumalanga

Mpumalanga is a province of South Africa.

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Mvume Dandala

Mvumelwano Mvume Dandala (born 26 October 1951 as Mvumelwano Umdandalaza) is a former presiding bishop of the Methodist Church of Southern Africa and a former head of the All Africa Conference of Churches.

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National Assembly of South Africa

The National Assembly is the lower house of the Parliament of South Africa, located in Cape Town, Western Cape Province.

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National Council of Provinces

The National Council of Provinces (NCOP) is the upper house of the Parliament of South Africa under the (post-apartheid) constitution which came into full effect in 1997.

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National Executive Committee

The National Executive Committee (NEC) is the governing body of the UK Labour Party, setting the overall strategic direction of the party and policy development.

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National Executive Committee of the African National Congress

The National Executive Committee of the African National Congress is the chief executive organ of the South African political party, the African National Congress.

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National Prosecuting Authority

The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa (Act No. 108 of 1996), created a single National Prosecution Authority (NPA), which is governed by the National Prosecuting Authority Act (Act No. 32 of 1998).

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Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality

Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality (Nelson Mandelabaai Metropolitaanse Munisipaliteit) is one of eight metropolitan municipalities (also called Category A municipalities) in South Africa.

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Neoliberalism

Neoliberalism or neo-liberalism refers primarily to the 20th-century resurgence of 19th-century ideas associated with laissez-faire economic liberalism.

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Non-Racialism

Non-Racialism is an ideology rejecting racism and racialism while affirming liberal democratic ideals.

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North West (South African province)

North West is a province of South Africa.

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Northern Cape

The Northern Cape (Noord-Kaap; Kapa Bokone) is the largest and most sparsely populated province of South Africa.

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Nosimo Balindlela

Nosimo Zisiwe Beauty Balindlela (born 28 November 1949 in Hermanus, Cape Province) is a South African politician who served as the Premier of the Eastern Cape from 26 April 2004 until 1 August 2008.

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Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka (born 3 November 1955, South African Government Information.) is a South African politician and United Nations official, and is currently serving as the Executive Director of UN Women with the rank of Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations.

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Pretoria

Pretoria is a city in the northern part of Gauteng, South Africa.

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Progressivism

Progressivism is the support for or advocacy of improvement of society by reform.

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Proportional representation

Proportional representation (PR) characterizes electoral systems by which divisions into an electorate are reflected proportionately into the elected body.

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Provincial legislature (South Africa)

In South Africa, a provincial legislature is the legislative branch of the government of a province.

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Saki Macozoma

Sakumzi Justice Macozoma (Saki) (born 1957) is a South African former political prisoner who is now one of South Africa's most prominent businessman and a leader in civil society.

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Sandton

Sandton is an affluent area situated in the Johannesburg Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa.

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Scorpions (South Africa)

The Directorate of Special Operations (also, DSO or Scorpions) was an independent multidisciplinary agency that investigated and prosecuted organised crime and corruption.

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Sello Moloto

Sello Moloto (born August 27, 1964 in Claremont Village, Transvaal) is the former premier of Limpopo.

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Simon Grindrod

Simon Grindrod is the former National Deputy Leader of the Independent Democrats, former leader of its City of Cape Town caucus, a PR member of the Cape Town City Council, and a subcouncillor for Subcouncil 1 (Blaauwberg).

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Smuts Ngonyama

Lulama Smuts Ngonyama (born 22 August 1952) is a former head of communications for the African National Congress (ANC) in South Africa.

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Social democracy

Social democracy is a political, social and economic ideology that supports economic and social interventions to promote social justice within the framework of a liberal democratic polity and capitalist economy.

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Social liberalism

Social liberalism (also known as modern liberalism or egalitarian liberalism) is a political ideology and a variety of liberalism that endorses a market economy and the expansion of civil and political rights while also believing that the legitimate role of the government includes addressing economic and social issues such as poverty, health care and education.

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South African Arms Deal

The Strategic Defence Package or the Strategic Defence Acquisition, popularly referred to as the Arms Deal was a South African military procurement programme.

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South African Communist Party

The South African Communist Party (SACP) is a communist party in South Africa.

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South African Democratic Congress

The South African Democratic Convention (Sadeco) was formed in 2008 by Ziba Jiyane, the founder of the National Democratic Convention (NADECO), after he left in a dispute over leadership.

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South African general election, 2009

South Africa held national and provincial elections to elect a new National Assembly as well as the provincial legislature in each province on 22 April 2009.

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South African general election, 2014

The 2014 South African general election was held on 7 May 2014, to elect a new National Assembly and new provincial legislatures in each province.

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South African municipal elections, 2011

Municipal elections were held in South Africa on 18 May 2011, electing new councils for all municipalities in the country.

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South African municipal elections, 2016

The 2016 South African municipal elections were held on 3 August 2016, to elect councils for all district, metropolitan and local municipalities in each of the country's nine provinces.

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Thabo Mbeki

Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki (born 18 June 1942) is a South African politician who served as the second President of South Africa from 14 June 1999 to 24 September 2008.

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United Democratic Movement

The United Democratic Movement (UDM) is a centre-left, social-democratic, South African political party, formed by a prominent former National Party leader, Roelf Meyer (who has since resigned from the UDM), a former African National Congress and Transkei homeland leader, General Bantu Holomisa, and a former ANC Executive Committee member, John Taylor.

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Vice president

A vice president (in British English: vice-president for governments and director for businesses) is an officer in government or business who is below a president (managing director) in rank.

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Vusi Pikoli

Vusumzi "Vusi" Pikoli (born 29 March 1958 in Port Elizabeth) is a South African advocate and the former head of South Africa's National Prosecuting Authority.

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Western Cape

The Western Cape (Wes-Kaap, Ntshona Koloni) is a province of South Africa, situated on the south-western coast of the country.

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William Mothipa Madisha

William Mothipa "Willie" Madisha is a South African trade unionist.

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Wiseman Lumkile Nkuhlu

Wiseman Lumkile Nkuhlu (born 5 February 1944) in Cala, Eastern Cape.

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Women's wing

A women's wing is an organisation affiliated with a political party that consists of that party's female membership or acts to promote women within that party.

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Xhosa language

Xhosa (Xhosa: isiXhosa) is a Nguni Bantu language with click consonants ("Xhosa" begins with a click) and one of the official languages of South Africa.

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Zulu language

Zulu (Zulu: isiZulu) is the language of the Zulu people, with about 10 million speakers, the vast majority (over 95%) of whom live in South Africa.

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2008 proposed split from the African National Congress, Congress of the People (political party), Shikota.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congress_of_the_People_(South_African_political_party)

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