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Adriaan Van Jaarsveld
Adriaan Zacharias Albertus "Alie" van Jaarsveld (born 28 January 1954) is a South African politician and communications strategist. He represented the New National Party (NNP) in the National Assembly from 1999 to 2004, serving the Eastern Cape constituency. He later served as a spokesman in the Western Cape Provincial Government. Early life Van Jaarsveld was born on 28 January 1954. His father, Ben van Jaarsveld, was a longtime employee of the National Party, the NNP's predecessor, and a self-described "apostle for the previous nowiki/>apartheid.html"_;"title="apartheid.html"_;"title="nowiki/>apartheid">nowiki/>apartheid">apartheid.html"_;"title="nowiki/>apartheid">nowiki/>apartheidgovernment". __Political_career_ In_the_1999_South_African_general_election.html" ;"title="apartheid">nowiki/>apartheid.html" ;"title="apartheid.html" ;"title="nowiki/>apartheid">nowiki/>apartheid">apartheid.html" ;"title="nowiki/>apartheid">nowiki/>apartheidgovernment". Political career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New National Party (South Africa)
The New National Party (NNP) was a South African political party formed in 1997 as the successor to the National Party, which ruled the country from 1948 to 1994. The name change was an attempt to distance itself from its apartheid past, and reinvent itself as a moderate, mainstream conservative and non-racist federal party. The attempt was largely unsuccessful, and in 2005 the New National Party voted to disband itself. Foundation and political platform The NP entered the democratic era led by former president of South Africa F. W. de Klerk, the winner with Nelson Mandela of the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in dismantling apartheid. He was succeeded by Marthinus van Schalkwyk until the eventual disbanding and merger of the party with the African National Congress (ANC). Van Schalkwyk renamed the party towards the end of 1997. In February 1996, the party had announced that it would become a nonracial, Christian-Democratic political organization, and Van Schalkwyk sought to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 South African General Election
General elections were held in South Africa on Wednesday, 14 April 2004. The African National Congress (ANC) of President Thabo Mbeki, which came to power after the end of the apartheid system in 1994, was re-elected with an increased majority. These were the third elections held since the end of the apartheid era. The South African National Assembly consists of 400 members, elected by proportional representation. 200 members are elected from national party lists, the other 200 are elected from party lists in each of the nine provinces. The President of South Africa is chosen by the National Assembly after each election. The ANC, which has been in power since 1994, obtained 69.7% of votes cast on the national ballot, theoretically allowing them to change the constitution. Some 20.6-million people were registered for the 2004 general elections, which was about 2 million more than in 1999. About 76% of registered voters took part in the election, with the ANC receiving 69.7% of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century South African Politicians
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Living People
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Nepotism
Nepotism is an advantage, privilege, or position that is granted to relatives and friends in an occupation or field. These fields may include but are not limited to, business, politics, academia, entertainment, sports, fitness, religion, and other activities. The term originated with the assignment of nephews to important positions by Catholic popes and bishops. Nepotism has been criticized since the ancient times by several philosophers, including Aristotle, Valluvar, and Confucius, condemning it as both evil and unwise. Origins The term comes from Italian word ''nepotismo'',"Nepotism." Dictionary.com. Retrieved 20 June 2013. which is based on Latin root ''nepos'' meaning nephew. Since the an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democratic Alliance (South Africa)
The Democratic Alliance (, DA) is a South African list of political parties in South Africa, political party and the official opposition to the ruling African National Congress (ANC). The party is broadly centrism, centrist, and has been attributed both centre-left and centre-right policies. It is a member of Liberal International and the Africa Liberal Network. The DA traces its roots to the founding of the anti-apartheid Progressive Party (South Africa), Progressive Party in 1959, with many mergers and name changes between that time and the present. The DA ideologically shows a variety of liberal tendencies, including social liberalism, classical liberalism, and conservative liberalism. The current leader of the party is John Steenhuisen, who was announced as the new leader on 1 November 2020 after the party's 2020 Democratic Alliance Federal Congress, Federal Congress. He had previously acted as the interim leader of the party from November 2019 to November 2020. Helen Zille is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Executive Council Of The Western Cape
The Executive Council (South Africa), Executive Council of the Western Cape is the cabinet of the executive branch of Government of the Western Cape, the provincial government in the South African Provinces of South Africa, province of the Western Cape. The Members of the Executive Council (MECs) are appointed from among the members of the Western Cape Provincial Legislature by the Premier of the Western Cape, an office held since the 2019 Western Cape provincial election, 2019 general election by Alan Winde. The council is referred to as the Executive Council in the Constitution of South Africa, national Constitution, but is denoted the Provincial Cabinet of the Western Cape in the Constitution of the Western Cape, Western Cape Constitution. Rasool premiership: 2004–2008 Following his election as Premier in the 2004 South African general election, 2004 general election, Ebrahim Rasool announced his new Provincial Cabinet on 30 April 2004. On 26 July 2005, he announced a res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Cape
The Western Cape is a province of South Africa, situated on the south-western coast of the country. It is the fourth largest of the nine provinces with an area of , and the third most populous, with an estimated 7 million inhabitants in 2020. About two-thirds of these inhabitants live in the metropolitan area of Cape Town, which is also the provincial capital. The Western Cape was created in 1994 from part of the former Cape Province. The two largest cities are Cape Town and George. Geography The Western Cape Province is roughly L-shaped, extending north and east from the Cape of Good Hope, in the southwestern corner of South Africa. It stretches about northwards along the Atlantic coast and about eastwards along the South African south coast (Southern Indian Ocean). It is bordered on the north by the Northern Cape and on the east by the Eastern Cape. The total land area of the province is , about 10.6% of the country's total. It is roughly the size of England or the S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cobus Dowry
Jacobus Johannes "Cobus" Dowry (7 December 1946 – 5 May 2014) was a South African politician who served in the Western Cape Executive Council from 2002 to 2009. He served in the National Assembly from 1994 to 2002 and in the Western Cape Provincial Parliament from 2002 to 2009. He represented the National Party (NP) and New National Party (NNP) until September 2005, when he crossed the floor to the African National Congress (ANC). He was an SABC newsreader before entering politics and he was involved in commercial farming after he retired from politics in 2009. Early life and career Dowry was born on 7 December 1946 and was classified as Coloured under apartheid. He had a master's degree and was formerly a newsreader for the SABC. Legislative career: 1994–2009 In the 1994 general election, he was elected to an NP seat in the National Assembly. In the next general election in 1999, he was re-elected his seat under the banner of the relaunched NNP. However, he le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Cape (National Assembly Of South Africa Constituency)
Eastern Cape ( xh, iMpuma-Kapa) is one of the nine multi-member constituencies of the National Assembly of South Africa, the lower house of the Parliament of South Africa, the national legislature of South Africa. The constituency was established in 1994 when the National Assembly was established by the Interim Constitution following the end of Apartheid. It is conterminous with the province of Eastern Cape. The constituency currently elects 25 of the 400 members of the National Assembly using the closed party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2019 general election it had 3,363,161 registered electors. Electoral system Eastern Cape currently elects 25 of the 400 members of the National Assembly using the closed party-list proportional representation electoral system. Constituency seats are allocated using the largest remainder method with a Droop quota. Election results Summary Detailed 2019 Results of the 2019 general election held on 8 May 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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