The Tripartite Alliance is an alliance between the
African National Congress
The African National Congress (ANC) is a political party in South Africa. It originated as a liberation movement known for its opposition to apartheid and has governed the country since 1994, when the 1994 South African general election, fir ...
(ANC), the
Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and the
South African Communist Party (SACP).
The ANC holds a
plurality in the
South African parliament, while the SACP and COSATU have not contested any
democratic election in South Africa.
The Alliance was forged in 1990 after the release of
Nelson Mandela
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela ( , ; born Rolihlahla Mandela; 18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African Internal resistance to apartheid, anti-apartheid activist and politician who served as the first president of South Africa f ...
. The movements were opposed to white minority rule by the
apartheid
Apartheid ( , especially South African English: , ; , ) was a system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) from 1948 to the early 1990s. It was characterised by an ...
government.
The Tripartite Alliance is also known as the Revolutionary Alliance or just the Alliance.
Constituent parties
The NPF is currently composed of the following political parties:
See also
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Congress Alliance
References
External links
The ANC now at a fork in the roadHow the Tripartite Alliance worksCOSATU and the Tripartite Alliance since 1994The ideological differences within the Tripartite Alliance: What now for the left?
Statement of the Alliance Political Council
Politics of South Africa
Popular fronts
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