The Afrikaner Eenheidsbeweging (Afrikaner Unity Movement) was a small
South Africa
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political party
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founded in Pretoria in 1998. It was led by
Cassie Aucamp, and based on Afrikaner nationalism. The party participated in the South African general election of 1999, in which it gained one member elected to the National Assembly. In September 2003, shortly before the 2004 election, the AEB merged with two likeminded parties, the Conservative Party and the Freedom Front, to form a new party known as the
Freedom Front Plus
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(FF +), which went on to win 4 parliamentary seats.
Aucamp, who disagreed with the merger, defected with the party's only seat in the 2003 floor crossing period to form a new party called
Nasionale Aksie.
Election results
National elections
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! Election
! Votes
! %
! Seats
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1999
, 46,292
, 0.29
, 1
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References
External links
{{Freedom Front Plus
Afrikaner organizations
Defunct political parties in South Africa
1998 establishments in South Africa
Political parties disestablished in 2003
Boer nationalism
White nationalist parties