For the envisioned Anglo-French-Soviet alliance of 1939, see Tripartite military talks.
Tripartite Alliance
Colorcode
  1. 017B48
Founded11 February 1990 (age 36)
President of the ANCCyril Ramaphosa
General Secretary of the SACPSolly Afrika Mapaila
President of the COSATUZingiswa Losi
Ideology
Position
Member partiesAfrican National Congress
Congress of South African Trade Unions
South African Communist Party
HeadquartersJohannesburg, South Africa
CountrySouth Africa

The Tripartite Alliance is an alliance between the African National Congress (ANC), the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and the South African Communist Party (SACP).[4][5] 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. The movements were opposed to white minority rule by the apartheid government.[5] The Tripartite Alliance is also known as the Revolutionary Alliance or just the Alliance.[5]

Constituent parties

The NPF is currently composed of the following political parties:

PartyAbbreviationIdeologyNational Assembly of South AfricaGovernment
African National CongressANCAfrican nationalism
Social democracy
South African Communist PartySACPCommunism
Marxism–Leninism
Congress of South African Trade UnionsCOSATUTrade unionism
Labourism

See also

References

  1. ^ William Mervin Gumede (ed.) (May 15, 2008). Thabo Mbeki and the Battle for the Soul of the ANC. Zed Books. p. 306. The grand ambition of Mbeki and the ANC managers is to make the party the natural home of all-black and white-who occupy 'middle' South Africa. The basic contention is that there is a cross-racial majority within South African politics that instinctively espouses moderate politics and values. A centrist ANC would be the fulcrum of a shared programme to remake South Africa's economy and society.
  2. ^ Andrea Scheibler; David M. Anderson; Nic Cheeseman (eds.) (July 5, 2017). Routledge Handbook of African Politics. Taylor & Francis. p. 30. Indeed, federation is supported primarily by narrowly based minority parties – the white-dominant National Party and Democratic Alliance (DA), and the Zulu nationalist Inkatha Freedom Party – and remains unpopular with most black supporters of the dominant African National Congress (ANC), who favour a strong, centrist, and consolidated developmental state.
  3. ^ "SACP to establish left-wing, working-class movement, eyes election run". Eyewitness News. 14 October 2024.
  4. ^ "South Africa's youngsters are let down by a lousy education system". The Economist. 2019-04-25. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  5. ^ "About the Tripartite Alliance". cosatu.org.za. Retrieved 2019-05-09.