African Renaissance Unity Party
African Renaissance Unity Party | |
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| Founder | Bryce Mthimkhulu |
| Founded | 2018 |
| National Assembly seats | 0 / 400
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| Provincial Legislatures | 0 / 430
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| Website | |
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The African Renaissance Unity Party (ARU) is a South African political party founded to lobby for the interests of traditional chiefs and their communities. The party's leaders are all traditional chiefs.
At its launch, the party promised to reduce unemployment by 70%, double pensions and provide free tertiary education.[1]
Controversy
[edit | edit source]Party leader Bryce Mthimkhulu, who describes himself as King Mthimkhulu III and king of the amaHlubi nation in KwaZulu-Natal, was warned by then president Jacob Zuma in 2016 to stop using the term, and was taken to court by the government (which lost the case).[2][3]
Election results
[edit | edit source]The party contested the 2019 general election at the national level, and provincial level in the Free State, Kwazulu-Natal and Limpopo, failing to win any seats.
National elections
[edit | edit source]| Election | Total votes | Share of vote | Seats | +/– | Government |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3,860 | 0.02% | 0 / 400
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– | extraparliamentary |
Provincial elections
[edit | edit source]| Election[4] | Eastern Cape | Free State | Gauteng | Kwazulu-Natal | Limpopo | Mpumalanga | North-West | Northern Cape | Western Cape | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | |
| 2019 | - | - | 0.02% | 0/30 | - | - | 0.04% | 0/80 | 0.03% | 0/49 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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