Afrikan Alliance of Social Democrats explained

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 results

National Assembly

|-! Election! Total votes! Share of vote! Seats! +/–! Government|-! 2019| 18,834| 0.11| | –| |}

Provincial elections

! 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| - || -|}

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pappie wants to reconnect community with constitution . Delport . Pieter . 2019-03-21 . Bloemfontein Courant . en-US . 2019-04-14.
  2. Web site: 2019 ELECTIONS: The crib-sheet to the political parties contesting the 2019 polls, Part One . Davis . Rebecca . Daily Maverick . 21 March 2019 . en . 2019-04-14.
  3. Web site: Masuabi . Queenin . 2024-04-17 . Ace Magashule's party among five to lose critical court bid . 2024-04-17 . Daily Maverick . en.
  4. Web site: O’Regan . Victoria . 2024-05-10 . IEC victory: Ace Magashule's party loses candidate lists bid . 2024-05-11 . Daily Maverick . en.
  5. Web site: Results Dashboard. www.elections.org.za . 2019-05-11.