The Mayibuye Uprising was a sequence of protests and demonstrations, led by the African National Congress , South African Indian Congress and the African People's Organisation that took place around No.2 Location Galeshewe , in Kimberley , on 7–8 November 1952. The uprising was not an isolated event, but part of the Defiance Campaign which started in June 1952. The aim of the campaign was to peacefully defy the laws of the apartheid government across the country.
15-709: The uprising came in reaction to some of the laws put in place by the National Party , which ruled from 1948–1994. These laws were deemed unjust and inhumane by numerous members of the community and thus, as part of the Defiance Campaign in Kimberley Dr Arthur Letele , who was the ANC branch chairperson of the No.2 Location, organized a group of volunteers to defy the apartheid laws. Some of
30-545: A Cape High Court challenge against Uys by Williams and Omar on behalf of themselves and Sasman for leadership of the party ahead of the 2009 general election . Before the court case was finalised, Uys announced that he had joined the Congress of the People . Williams was listed as the national leader on the party's website. In 2019, due to lack of support, the party was dissolved after an internal referendum. It merged into
45-565: A new party using the National Party name was formed and registered with the Independent Electoral Commission . The initial leadership was held by David Sasman , Juan-Duval Uys , Abdullah Omar , (all previously with the controversial National People's Party ) and a fourth person, not immediately named, who later turned out to be Achmat Williams . Williams, a former New National Party (NNP) politician,
60-486: The 2019 general elections and its support levels dropped. The party lost four seats in the National Assembly, bringing their seat total to only two seats. In KwaZulu-Natal, the party's support was greatly diminished. The party had lost five seats in the provincial legislature, but managed to win a single seat, occupied by the party's National Organizer, Cynthia Mbali Shinga. Magwaza-Msibi was not reappointed to
75-570: The Kimberley West End Cemetery . Their graves were then declared provincial heritage sites. National Party South Africa The National Party of South Africa ( NP ), also called the National Party was a right-wing South African political party. It competed for the Western Cape province in the 2009 provincial election and municipal council seats in the 2011 local government elections On 5 August 2008
90-576: The National Freedom Party and Achmat Williams resigned as party leader. The party had the following principal policies: Although the party was on the ballot for the Western Cape Provincial Parliament in the 2009 poll, they only attracted 3,378 votes and failed to secure a seat. They nominated several candidates registered for the 2011 local government elections , one of whom, Bonita Elvira Hufkie,
105-594: The eDumbe Local Municipality and a plurality in Nongoma Local Municipality . Following the 2014 South African general election , the party's leader Magwaza-Msibi was appointed to the position of Deputy Minister of Science and Technology. The party was disqualified from participating in the 2016 municipal election as it had failed to pay the election fee to the Independent Electoral Commission. The party contested
120-602: The cabinet and resigned as an MP on 20 June 2019, citing her intention to rebuild the party. On 6 September 2021, shortly before the 2021 South African municipal elections , Magwaza-Msibi died from a COVID-19-related cardiac arrest. The party won 170,616 votes, 0.56% of the national total, in the elections, winning back one municipality it formerly ran in 2011 to 2016, the eDumbe Local Municipality . A party conference elected Ivan Rowan Barnes as president and Teddy Thwala as secretary-general in December 2023. The election
135-686: The centre of town and threatened to burn the petrol depot in Cecil Suzman Road. However, before they could reach the depot, the police stopped the march by firing into the crowd. 13 people were killed and 78 others wounded. According to oral testimony and witnesses, some of those killed and injured were innocent bystanders. A mass funeral was held at the field next to the Methodist Church at the corners of Mzikinya, Rhabe and Sanduza Streets in Galeshewe. The deceased were all buried at
150-718: The laws under protest included: On 7 November 1952, protestors took to town and demonstrated against apartheid and its laws by occupying racially segregated public spaces in Kimberley. Protestors then continued to block the whites-only entrance to the main post office and defiantly sat on whites-only benches at the Kimberley railway station. Dr Letele and seven other No. 2 Location executive ANC members namely Sam Phakedi, Pepys Madibane, Olehile Sehume, Alexander Nkoane, Daniel Chabalala and David Mpiwa were arrested. The arrests intensified further resentment and led to public uprisings in
165-410: The streets of No. 2 Location which led to the destruction of both private and public property. The protests continued the following day, 8 November, with more arrests and property destruction as the police station, two nearby clinics, a power station and several other buildings including a crèche were burnt down. Many police, municipal and private vehicles were torched. Protestors intended to march towards
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#1732780929079180-506: Was a member of the Independent Democrats before co-founding the new party. Other than some low-level former members, the new party had no formal connection with the now defunct NNP. The relaunched National Party of 2008 promoted a non-racial democratic South Africa based on federal principles and the legacy of F.W De Klerk . A press release issued by Jean-Duval Uys on the party's website, dated 22 January 2009, deals with
195-739: Was disputed by former secretary-general Canaan Mdletshe . Before the 2024 South African general election Thwala and Barnes fell out. Thwala tried to stop the submission of the electoral lists to the Independent Electoral Commission in the Pietermaritzburg High Court , but failed. A number of small parties have broken away from the NFP, including the Abantu Batho Congress , the African People's Movement , formed by former chairperson Vikizitha Mlotshwa, and
210-646: Was launched on 25 January 2011 by Zanele kaMagwaza-Msibi , former chairperson of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), along with other former IFP members. Similar to the IFP, the party's main base is in KwaZulu-Natal . In the 2011 municipal election , the NFP received 2.4% of the votes cast in South Africa, and 10.4% of the votes cast in KwaZulu-Natal province. It won a majority of seats in
225-478: Was listed on her ward ballot for both the National Party and the Pan Africanist Congress . The NP failed to win any wards, but obtained one council seat through the proportional representation (PR) vote, which was filled by Achmat Williams, who topped the party's PR candidate list. National Freedom Party The National Freedom Party ( NFP ) is a South African political party . It
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