Afrikan Alliance of Social Democrats | |
Leader1 Name: | Pappie Mokoena |
Split: | African National Congress |
Ideology: | Social democracy Pan-africanism |
Position: | Centre-left |
Seats1 Title: | National Assembly seats |
Seats2 Title: | Provincial Legislatures |
Country: | South Africa |
The Afrikan Alliance of Social Democrats (AASD) is a South African political party led by Pappie Mokoena, former African National Congress (ANC) mayor of Mangaung.
The party describes itself as "a modern Pan Afrikan Social democratic party that subscribes to the notion of a fair and just political order based on Effective Citizen Participatory Democracy", and aims to reconnect the community with the constitution and improve the quality of state services.[1]
Mokoena was acquitted of theft and money-laundering charges in 2011, and reportedly heads Bloemfontein Correctional Contracts, a company running Mangaung prison, a facility accused of being “marred by irregularities and allegations of abuse and torture”.[2]
The party contested the 2019 general election, failing to win a seat. The party intended to contest the 2024 general election but failed to submit its lists in time[3] and failed in urgent court bid to gain late access.[4]
|-! Election! Total votes! Share of vote! Seats! +/–! Government|-! 2019| 18,834| 0.11| | –| |}
! rowspan=2 | Election[5] ! colspan=2 | Eastern Cape! colspan=2 | Free State! colspan=2 | Gauteng! colspan=2 | Kwazulu-Natal! colspan=2 | Limpopo! colspan=2 | Mpumalanga! colspan=2 | North-West! colspan=2 | Northern Cape! colspan=2 | Western Cape|-! % !! Seats! % !! Seats! % !! Seats! % !! Seats! % !! Seats! % !! Seats! % !! Seats! % !! Seats! % !! Seats|-! 2019| - || -| 0.19% || 0/30| - || -| - || -| - || -| - || -| - || -| 0.09% || 0/30| - || -|}