The Karoo Gemeenskap Party ( af, Gemeenskap meaning "community") was formed in 2010 and is a small South African regional political party, active in parts of the
Karoo
The Karoo ( ; from the Afrikaans borrowing of the South Khoekhoe !Orakobab or Khoemana word ''ǃ’Aukarob'' "Hardveld") is a semi-desert natural region of South Africa. No exact definition of what constitutes the Karoo is available, so its ext ...
.
In the
2011 municipal election, the KGP contested and
won three out of seven seats in the council of the
Prince Albert Local Municipality
Prince Albert Municipality is a municipality located in the Western Cape Province of South Africa.
History
At the end of the apartheid era, the area that is today the Prince Albert Local Municipality formed part of the Central Karoo Regional Servi ...
, while the
African National Congress
The African National Congress (ANC) is a Social democracy, social-democratic political party in Republic of South Africa, South Africa. A liberation movement known for its opposition to apartheid, it has governed the country since 1994, when ...
(ANC) and
Democratic Alliance (DA) each won two. It also held one seat on the council of the
Central Karoo District Municipality
The Central Karoo District Municipality (Afrikaans: Sentraal Karoo-distriksmunisipaliteit) is a district municipality located in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Its municipality code is DC5.
Geography
The Central Karoo District Municipa ...
, in which the ANC and the DA each held six. In both councils the KGP entered into a coalition with the ANC to control the municipality.
In the
2016 municipal election, the KGP
won two out of seven seats in the council of the Prince Albert Local Municipality, while the DA won three and the ANC two. It also held two seats on the council of the Central Karoo District Municipality. In both councils the KGP entered into a coalition with the DA.
In the
2021 municipal election, the KGP again
won two out of seven seats, entering into a coalition with the ANC in the aftermath. In a by-election in September 2022, the KGP lost one of its wards to the DA, resulting in a clear majority for the DA in the council.
References
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Political parties established in 2010
2010 establishments in South Africa