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The '''National Freedom Party''' ('''NFP''') is a [[List of political parties in South Africa|South African political party]]. It was launched on 25 January 2011 by [[Zanele kaMagwaza-Msibi]], former chairperson of the [[Inkatha Freedom Party]] (IFP), along with other former IFP members.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.thenewage.co.za/Detail.aspx?news_id=8738&cat_id=1010|title = Magwaza-Msibi launches National Freedom Party|publisher = The New Age|date = Jan 26, 2011<!-- 9:58AM-->}}</ref>
The '''National Freedom Party''' ('''NFP''') is a [[List of political parties in South Africa|South African political party]]. It was launched on 25 January 2011 by [[Zanele kaMagwaza-Msibi]], former chairperson of the [[Inkatha Freedom Party]] (IFP), along with other former IFP members.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.thenewage.co.za/Detail.aspx?news_id=8738&cat_id=1010|title = Magwaza-Msibi launches National Freedom Party|publisher = The New Age|date = Jan 26, 2011<!-- 9:58AM-->}}</ref> Similar to the IFP, the party's main base is in [[KwaZulu-Natal]].


==History==
==Election results==
In the [[South African municipal election, 2011|2011 municipal election]], the NFP received 2.4% of the votes cast in South Africa,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.org.za/content/LGEPublicReports/197/Detailed%20Results/National.pdf |title=Results Summary - All Ballots: All Provinces |publisher=Independent Electoral Commission |date=25 May 2011 |access-date=26 May 2011}}</ref> and 10.4% of the votes cast in [[KwaZulu-Natal]] province.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.org.za/content/LGEPublicReports/197/Detailed%20Results/KN.pdf |title=Results Summary - All Ballots: KwaZulu-Natal |publisher=Independent Electoral Commission |date=25 May 2011 |access-date=26 May 2011}}</ref> It won a majority of seats in the [[eDumbe Local Municipality]] and a plurality in [[Nongoma Local Municipality]]. Following the [[South African general election, 2014|2014 South African general election]], the party's leader Magwaza-Msibi was appointed to the position of Deputy Minister of Science and Technology.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.za/live/content.php?Item_ID=184&MemberID=299|title=Parliament of the Republic of South Africa - Parliament of South Africa}}</ref> The party was disqualified from participating in the [[South African municipal election, 2016|2016 municipal election]] as it had failed to pay the election fee to the Independent Electoral Commission.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.bdlive.co.za/national/politics/2016/07/21/nfp-in-last-ditch-court-bid-to-contest-local-government-elections |title=NFP in last-ditch court bid to contest local government elections | publisher=Business Day Live | date=21 July 2016 | access-date=9 August 2016 | author=Mthetwa, Bongani}}</ref>
In the [[South African municipal election, 2011|2011 municipal election]], the NFP received 2.4% of the votes cast in South Africa,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.org.za/content/LGEPublicReports/197/Detailed%20Results/National.pdf |title=Results Summary - All Ballots: All Provinces |publisher=Independent Electoral Commission |date=25 May 2011 |access-date=26 May 2011}}</ref> and 10.4% of the votes cast in [[KwaZulu-Natal]] province.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.org.za/content/LGEPublicReports/197/Detailed%20Results/KN.pdf |title=Results Summary - All Ballots: KwaZulu-Natal |publisher=Independent Electoral Commission |date=25 May 2011 |access-date=26 May 2011}}</ref> It won a majority of seats in the [[eDumbe Local Municipality]] and a plurality in [[Nongoma Local Municipality]]. Following the [[South African general election, 2014|2014 South African general election]], the party's leader Magwaza-Msibi was appointed to the position of Deputy Minister of Science and Technology.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.za/live/content.php?Item_ID=184&MemberID=299|title=Parliament of the Republic of South Africa - Parliament of South Africa}}</ref> The party was disqualified from participating in the [[South African municipal election, 2016|2016 municipal election]] as it had failed to pay the election fee to the Independent Electoral Commission.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.bdlive.co.za/national/politics/2016/07/21/nfp-in-last-ditch-court-bid-to-contest-local-government-elections |title=NFP in last-ditch court bid to contest local government elections | publisher=Business Day Live | date=21 July 2016 | access-date=9 August 2016 | author=Mthetwa, Bongani}}</ref>


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On 6 September 2021, shortly before the [[2021 South African municipal elections]], Magwaza-Msibi died from a COVID-19-related cardiac arrest.<ref>{{Cite web |title=National Freedom Party leader Zanele kaMagwaza-Msibi dies |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/national-freedom-party-leader-zanele-kamagwaza-msibi-dies-20210906 |access-date=2022-11-05 |website=News24 |language=en-US}}</ref>
On 6 September 2021, shortly before the [[2021 South African municipal elections]], Magwaza-Msibi died from a COVID-19-related cardiac arrest.<ref>{{Cite web |title=National Freedom Party leader Zanele kaMagwaza-Msibi dies |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/national-freedom-party-leader-zanele-kamagwaza-msibi-dies-20210906 |access-date=2022-11-05 |website=News24 |language=en-US}}</ref>


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The party won 170,616 votes, 0.56% of the national total, in the elections, winning back one municipality it formerly ran in 2011 to 2016, the [[eDumbe Local Municipality]].<ref name="rebuilding">{{cite news |last1=Mkhwanazi |first1=Siyabonga |title=Magwaza-Msibi to focus on 'building NFP', as she resigns as MP |url=https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/magwaza-msibi-to-focus-on-building-nfp-as-she-resigns-as-mp-27020323 |access-date=22 March 2020 |newspaper=The Citizen |date=21 June 2019 }}</ref>
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A party conference elected [[Ivan Rowan Barnes]] as president and [[Teddy Thwala]] as secretary-general in december 2023. The election was disputed by former secretary-general [[Canaan Mdletshe]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=18 December 2023 |title=NFP leadership squabbles continue |url=https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/nfp-leadership-squabbles-continue/ |work=[[SABC]]}}</ref>

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A party conference elected [[Ivan Rowan Barnes]] as president and [[Teddy Thwala]] as secretary-general in December 2023. The election was disputed by former secretary-general [[Canaan Mdletshe]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=18 December 2023 |title=NFP leadership squabbles continue |url=https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/nfp-leadership-squabbles-continue/ |work=[[SABC]]}}</ref>


Before the [[2024 South African general election]] Thwala and Barnes fell out. Thwala tried to stop the submission of the electoral lists to the [[Independent Electoral Commission (South Africa)|Independent Electoral Commission]] in the [[Pietermaritzburg High Court]], but failed.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2 April 2024 |title=NFP factions in unity talks, but Barnes Thwala at odds |url=https://www.iol.co.za/dailynews/news/nfp-factions-in-unity-talks-but-barnes-thwala-at-odds-dbbe703b-31fe-40b0-b673-04b830059d02 |work=IOL}}</ref>
Before the [[2024 South African general election]] Thwala and Barnes fell out. Thwala tried to stop the submission of the electoral lists to the [[Independent Electoral Commission (South Africa)|Independent Electoral Commission]] in the [[Pietermaritzburg High Court]], but failed.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2 April 2024 |title=NFP factions in unity talks, but Barnes Thwala at odds |url=https://www.iol.co.za/dailynews/news/nfp-factions-in-unity-talks-but-barnes-thwala-at-odds-dbbe703b-31fe-40b0-b673-04b830059d02 |work=IOL}}</ref>


== Election results ==
== Election results ==
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===National Assembly elections===
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The party won 170,616 votes, 0.56% of the national total, in the elections, winning back one municipality it formerly ran in 2011 to 2016, the [[eDumbe Local Municipality]].<ref name="rebuilding">{{cite news |last1=Mkhwanazi |first1=Siyabonga |title=Magwaza-Msibi to focus on 'building NFP', as she resigns as MP |url=https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/magwaza-msibi-to-focus-on-building-nfp-as-she-resigns-as-mp-27020323 |access-date=22 March 2020 |newspaper=The Citizen |date=21 June 2019 }}</ref>

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===National elections===
{{election table}}
{{election table}}
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! Election
! Election
! Party leader
! Total votes
! Total votes
! Share of vote
! Share of vote
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! Government
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! [[South African general election, 2014|2014]]
! [[South African general election, 2014|2014]]<ref name="IEC 2014 election results">{{Cite web | title = 2014 National and Provincial Elections Results - 2014 National and Provincial Election Results | url = http://www.elections.org.za/resultsNPE2014/ | publisher = IEC | access-date = 11 May 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140510231542/http://www.elections.org.za/resultsNPE2014/ | archive-date = 10 May 2014 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
| rowspan=2 |[[Zanele kaMagwaza-Msibi]]
| 288,742
| 288,742
| 1.57%
| 1.57%
| {{Composition bar|6|400|hex={{party color|National Freedom Party}}}}
| {{Composition bar|6|400|hex={{party color|National Freedom Party}}}}
| –
| New
| {{no2|in opposition}}
| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
|-
! [[South African general election, 2019|2019]]
! [[South African general election, 2019|2019]]
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| {{Composition bar|2|400|hex={{party color|National Freedom Party}}}}
| {{decrease}} 4
| {{decrease}} 4
| {{no2|in opposition}}
| {{no2|Opposition}}
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|-
![[2024 South African general election|2024]]
![[2024 South African general election|2024]]
| [[Ivan Rowan Barnes]]
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| 19,397
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| 0.12%{{efn|From 2024, seats in the National Assembly are determined by a combination of the national ballot, and the nine regional ballots. Only the national ballot figures are shown here.}}
|{{Composition bar|0|400|hex={{party color|National Freedom Party}}}}
|{{Composition bar|0|400|hex={{party color|National Freedom Party}}}}
|{{decrease}} 2
|{{decrease}} 2
|{{no|extraparliamentary}}
|{{no|Extra-parliamentary}}
|}
|}
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===Provincial elections===
===Provincial elections===
{{election table}}
{{election table}}
! rowspan=2 | Election<ref name="IEC 2014 election results" /><ref name="dash">{{Cite web |url=https://www.elections.org.za/NPEDashboard/app/dashboard.html |title=Results Dashboard| website=www.elections.org.za |access-date=2019-05-11}}</ref>
! rowspan=2 | Election<ref name="IEC 2014 election results">{{Cite web | title = 2014 National and Provincial Elections Results - 2014 National and Provincial Election Results | url = http://www.elections.org.za/resultsNPE2014/ | publisher = IEC | access-date = 11 May 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140510231542/http://www.elections.org.za/resultsNPE2014/ | archive-date = 10 May 2014 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name="dash">{{Cite web |url=https://www.elections.org.za/NPEDashboard/app/dashboard.html |title=Results Dashboard| website=www.elections.org.za |access-date=2019-05-11}}</ref>
! colspan=2 | [[Eastern Cape]]
! colspan=2 | [[Eastern Cape]]
! colspan=2 | [[Free State (South African province)|Free State]]
! colspan=2 | [[Free State (South African province)|Free State]]
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! [[South African general election, 2014|2014]]
! [[South African general election, 2014|2014]]
| 0.16% || 0/63
| 0.16 || 0/63
| 0.11% || 0/30
| 0.11 || 0/30
| 0.47% || 0/73
| 0.47 || 0/73
| 7.31% || 6/80
| 7.31 || 6/80
| 0.04% || 0/49
| 0.04 || 0/49
| 0.75% || 0/30
| 0.75 || 0/30
| 0.15% || 0/33
| 0.15 || 0/33
| 0.03% || 0/30
| 0.03 || 0/30
| 0.04% || 0/42
| 0.04 || 0/42
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! [[South African general election, 2019|2019]]
! [[South African general election, 2019|2019]]
| 0.03% || 0/63
| 0.03 || 0/63
| 0.03% || 0/30
| 0.03 || 0/30
| 0.07% || 0/73
| 0.07 || 0/73
| 1.57% || 1/80
| 1.57 || 1/80
| 0.01% || 0/49
| 0.01 || 0/49
| 0.12% || 0/30
| 0.12 || 0/30
| 0.06% || 0/33
| 0.06 || 0/33
| 0.04% || 0/30
| 0.04 || 0/30
| 0.11% || 0/42
| 0.11 || 0/42
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! [[South African general election, 2024|2024]]
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| 0.03 || 0/30
| 0.03 || 0/80
| 0.56 || 1/80
| ||
| 0.04 || 0/51
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[[Category:Political parties established in 2011]]
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[[Category:Social democratic parties in South Africa]]
[[Category:Social democratic parties in South Africa]]

Latest revision as of 16:10, 28 August 2024

For the defunct party in Trinidad and Tobago, see National Freedom Party (Trinidad and Tobago).

National Freedom Party
AbbreviationNFP
LeaderIvan Rowan Barnes[1]
Secretary-GeneralTeddy Thwala
FounderZanele kaMagwaza-Msibi
Founded25 January 2011 (2011-01-25)
Split fromInkatha Freedom Party
IdeologySocial democracy
Egalitarianism
Political positionCentre-left
Colours  Orange   Green
National Assembly seats
0 / 400
NCOP seats
0 / 90
Provincial Legislatures
1 / 430

The National Freedom Party (NFP) is a South African political party. It was launched on 25 January 2011 by Zanele kaMagwaza-Msibi, former chairperson of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), along with other former IFP members.[2] Similar to the IFP, the party's main base is in KwaZulu-Natal.

History

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In the 2011 municipal election, the NFP received 2.4% of the votes cast in South Africa,[3] and 10.4% of the votes cast in KwaZulu-Natal province.[4] It won a majority of seats in the eDumbe Local Municipality and a plurality in Nongoma Local Municipality. Following the 2014 South African general election, the party's leader Magwaza-Msibi was appointed to the position of Deputy Minister of Science and Technology.[5] The party was disqualified from participating in the 2016 municipal election as it had failed to pay the election fee to the Independent Electoral Commission.[6]

The party contested the 2019 general elections and its support levels dropped.[7] The party lost four seats in the National Assembly, bringing their seat total to only two seats. In KwaZulu-Natal, the party's support was greatly diminished. The party had lost five seats in the provincial legislature, but managed to win a single seat, occupied by the party's National Organizer, Cynthia Mbali Shinga. Magwaza-Msibi was not reappointed to the cabinet and resigned as an MP on 20 June 2019, citing her intention to rebuild the party.[8]

On 6 September 2021, shortly before the 2021 South African municipal elections, Magwaza-Msibi died from a COVID-19-related cardiac arrest.[9]

The party won 170,616 votes, 0.56% of the national total, in the elections, winning back one municipality it formerly ran in 2011 to 2016, the eDumbe Local Municipality.[8]

A party conference elected Ivan Rowan Barnes as president and Teddy Thwala as secretary-general in December 2023. The election was disputed by former secretary-general Canaan Mdletshe.[10]

Before the 2024 South African general election Thwala and Barnes fell out. Thwala tried to stop the submission of the electoral lists to the Independent Electoral Commission in the Pietermaritzburg High Court, but failed.[11]

Election results

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National Assembly elections

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Election Party leader Total votes Share of vote Seats +/– Government
2014 Zanele kaMagwaza-Msibi 288,742 1.57%
6 / 400
 New Opposition
2019 61,220 0.35%
2 / 400
 Decrease 4 Opposition
2024 Ivan Rowan Barnes 19,397 0.12%[a]
0 / 400
 Decrease 2 Extra-parliamentary
  1. ^ From 2024, seats in the National Assembly are determined by a combination of the national ballot, and the nine regional ballots. Only the national ballot figures are shown here.

Provincial elections

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Election[12][13] Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng Kwazulu-Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga North-West Northern Cape Western Cape
% Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats
2014 0.16 0/63 0.11 0/30 0.47 0/73 7.31 6/80 0.04 0/49 0.75 0/30 0.15 0/33 0.03 0/30 0.04 0/42
2019 0.03 0/63 0.03 0/30 0.07 0/73 1.57 1/80 0.01 0/49 0.12 0/30 0.06 0/33 0.04 0/30 0.11 0/42
2024 0.03 0/30 0.03 0/80 0.56 1/80 0.04 0/51

Municipal elections

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Election Votes %
2011 644,917 2.4%
2016[14] 5,224 0.01%
2021[15] 170,616 0.56%

Breakaway parties

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A number of small parties have broken away from the NFP, including the Abantu Batho Congress, the African People's Movement, formed by former chairperson Vikizitha Mlotshwa, and the National People's Front, formed by former national deputy chairperson Bheki Gumbi.[16]

Former NFP member of parliament Munzoor Shaik Emam joined the Allied Movement for Change and took over as party leader.[17]

References

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  1. ^ @NFP_Updates (17 December 2023). "The Elected NEC of the NFP led by the President Ivan Rowan Barnes" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ^ "Magwaza-Msibi launches National Freedom Party". The New Age. 26 January 2011.
  3. ^ "Results Summary - All Ballots: All Provinces" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. 25 May 2011. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
  4. ^ "Results Summary - All Ballots: KwaZulu-Natal" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. 25 May 2011. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
  5. ^ "Parliament of the Republic of South Africa - Parliament of South Africa".
  6. ^ Mthetwa, Bongani (21 July 2016). "NFP in last-ditch court bid to contest local government elections". Business Day Live. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  7. ^ "NFP admits defeat, but 'humbled' by continued support". The Citizen. 9 May 2019. Archived from the original on 22 March 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  8. ^ a b Mkhwanazi, Siyabonga (21 June 2019). "Magwaza-Msibi to focus on 'building NFP', as she resigns as MP". The Citizen. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  9. ^ "National Freedom Party leader Zanele kaMagwaza-Msibi dies". News24. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  10. ^ "NFP leadership squabbles continue". SABC. 18 December 2023.
  11. ^ "NFP factions in unity talks, but Barnes Thwala at odds". IOL. 2 April 2024.
  12. ^ "2014 National and Provincial Elections Results - 2014 National and Provincial Election Results". IEC. Archived from the original on 10 May 2014. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  13. ^ "Results Dashboard". www.elections.org.za. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  14. ^ "Results Summary - All Ballots" (PDF). elections.org.za. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  15. ^ "Results Summary - All Ballots" (PDF). elections.org.za. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  16. ^ "Upcoming municipal elections sees an increase of small parties". connectradio.co.za. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  17. ^ Makhafola, Gertrude (20 April 2024). "NFP dispels tribalism, calls for unity 'guided by the spirit of Sankara'". The Citizen.
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