The National Party of Venda was a political party in the Bantustan Republic of Venda which was founded around 1973.[2]
Venda National Party Dzangano la lushaka la venda | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Patrick Mphephu (First) Frank Ravele (Last) |
| Founder | Patrick Mphephu |
| Founded | 1993 |
| Dissolved | 5 April 1990 |
| Ideology | Venda Nationalism Authoritarianism |
| Regional affiliation | National Party (South Africa)[1] |
Description
editIn 1973 it won 5 of the 18 available seats. By 1978 it had increased its seat share to 11 our of 42 seats, before winning 41 of the 45 seats in 1984.[3]
Whilst the opposition Venda Independence People's Party (VIPP) won the majority of seats for almost every election, they effectively ran Venda as a One-Party state.[4] It was overthrown in the 1990 Venda coup d'état.[5]
References
edit- ^ "National Party (NP) | South African History Online". www.sahistory.org.za.
- ^ "Venda: a one party state of affairs".
- ^ "Elections in South Africa". africanelections.tripod.com.
- ^ "Venda" (PDF).
- ^ "Security forces stage coup in S. African homeland - UPI Archives". UPI.