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The United Swaziland Association (USA) was a political party that promoted interests of the Europeans in
Swaziland Eswatini ( ; ss, eSwatini ), officially the Kingdom of Eswatini and formerly named Swaziland ( ; officially renamed in 2018), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. It is bordered by Mozambique to its northeast and South Africa to its no ...
. USA was founded in 1963. It was led by Willie Meyer.


History

The USA cooperated with the Swazi traditionalists but after the end of the alliance with the traditionalists, the USA began to support South African
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politics in Swaziland. The USA even suggest that
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or the
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buy out European holdings. The only challenger of the USA was the Swaziland Independence Front (SIF). The SIF was like the United Party, the United National South West Party and the
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more
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and moderate than the USA.


References

1963 establishments in Swaziland Afrikaner nationalism Afrikaner organizations Banned far-right parties Conservative parties in Africa Defunct political parties in Eswatini Nationalist parties in Africa Political parties established in 1963 Political parties with year of disestablishment missing Protestant political parties {{Swaziland-party-stub