Front National | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Operational Head | Adv Jurg Prinsloo |
| Founded | 7 December 2013 |
| Dissolved | 10 January 2020 |
| Preceded by | Federale Vryheidsparty |
| Succeeded by | Afrikaner Self-determination Party |
| Headquarters | Pretoria, Gauteng |
| Student wing | Front National Student Movement / Front Nasionaal Studente Beweging |
| Youth wing | Front Nationaal Jeug / Front National Youth |
| Ideology | Afrikaner nationalism Cultural conservatism Volkstaat |
| Political position | Far-right |
| International affiliation | World National-Conservative Movement |
| Colours | Red, white and blue |
| Slogan | Jou stem bepaal jou toekoms en die van jou kinders |
| National Assembly seats | 0 / 400 |
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] The party reformed in January 2020 as the Afrikaner Self-determination Party.[3]
Land claim
[edit]On 24 April 2014, FN submitted a land claim to the Land Claims Commissioner in Pretoria on behalf of the Afrikaner nation. The new land claims process has not yet been finalised however.[4][5][6]
Activism
[edit]Clive Derby-Lewis
[edit]Front National advocated the release of Clive Derby-Lewis, who by 2015 was the oldest prisoner in the South African Correctional Services at the age of 79. He had been behind bars since 1993. Derby-Lewis made various bids for parole from June 2010, when he was diagnosed with lung cancer.[7] In February, 2014, Derby-Lewis and his co-conspirator in the Hani murder, Janusz Waluś, lives were threatened when they were stabbed several times and had their heads struck with locks by fellow inmates.[8] It had been the stance of Front National that there was political interference with his parole application.[9][10]
The party approached the United Nations Commission on Human Rights over the handling of Derby-Lewis's medical parole application.[11]
Derby-Lewis was released in June 2015, and died in November 2016.[12]
South African Human Rights Commission
[edit]On 14 January 2016 the party declared intentions to make a complaint against Democratic Alliance Leader Mmusi Maimane with the South African Human Rights Commission concerning remarks he made on Twitter stating "I am angry when I go shopping at certain shops – white people are shopping and black people are working.”[13][14]
On 24 January 2019, Willie Cloete, the leader, and a number of followers of the National Conservative Party joined Front National.
Affiliation
[edit]Front National has civil affiliations with Boere Krisis Aksie (BKA),[15] which is self-described as a "Politieke drukgroep vir selfbeskikking en wit belange in Suid Afrika", translated as "[a] Political pressure group for self-determination and white interests in South Africa".[16]
Front National has media affiliations with South Africa Today (SAT).
Elections
[edit]The party contested the 2014 general election in the national ballot and the provincial ballot for Gauteng.[17] and the 2019 election on the national ballot only, failing to win any seats on either occasion.
Parliament
[edit]| National Assembly | |||||
| Election year | # of overall votes |
% of overall vote |
# of overall seats won |
+/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 5,138 | 0.03% | 0 / 400
|
– | |
| 2019 | 7,144 | 0.04% | 0 / 400
|
 ±0
| |
Provincial ballot
[edit]| Election | 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[18] | – | – | – | – | 0.05% | 0/73 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | - | – | – | – | – |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Legal Notice No 37064". Government Gazette. 581 C. 29 November 2013.
- ^ "FNSA Beleid: PROGRAM VAN BEGINSELS - Punt 3.1". Archived from the original on 9 May 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
- ^ "Die party, Front Nasionaal, verander sy naam na Afrikaner Selfbeskikkingparty – Rosestad". rosestad.co.za. Archived from the original on 13 August 2020.
- ^ "Land restitution bill passed after heated debate". News24. 25 February 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
- ^ "Front Nasionaal hands in massive land claim". SABC Digital News. 25 April 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
- ^ Vermaak, Narda (15 May 2014). "Party is upfront about its land claim". Steelburger. Archived from the original on 16 June 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
- ^ "Urgent court hearing for Derby Lewis medical parole".
- ^ Sarah, Evans. "Clive Derby-Lewis attacked in prison". M&G.
- ^ ""Laat Derby-Lewis vry" / "Release Derby-Lewis"". eNCAnews. 15 April 2014.
- ^ Maleka, Malesela. "SACP TO OPPOSE THE PAROLE APPLICATION OF CLIVE DERBY - LEWIS". SACP.
- ^ "Front National takes Derby-Lewis case to UN". SAPA. 24 September 2014.
- ^ "BREAKING: Clive Derby-Lewis dies". News24. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
- ^ "Blatant black-racist tweet repeated by Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane (pagegrab)". Farmitracker.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Front National charges DA Leader with racism – asks HRC to investigate".
- ^ "BKA: Tab". Archived from the original on 25 October 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
- ^ "Boere Krisis Aksie (B.K.A.)". Facebook.
- ^ "Parties contesting the 2014 National and Provincial Elections". IEC. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
- ^ "2014 National and Provincial Elections – Results". IEC. Archived from the original on 10 May 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
External links
[edit]- Afrikaner Self-determination (Freedom Front Plus) of South Africa Facebook
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