Agang South Africa Explained

Agang South Africa
Lang1:English
Name Lang1:Build South Africa
Colorcode:
  1. 008752
President:Andries Tlouamma
Slogan:Restoring the Promise of Freedom
Headquarters:PO Box 31817, Braamfontein, 2017
Ideology:Anti-corruption politics
Progressivism
Liberalism
Position:Centre to centre-left
Colours:Green
Seats1 Title:National Assembly seats
Country:South Africa

Agang South Africa (Agang SA) is a South African political party, first announced by anti-apartheid activist Mamphela Ramphele on 18 February 2013,[1] [2] and founded on 22 June 2013,[3] the date of the party's first official congress.[4] [5] [6]

Agang is a Setswana word meaning "let us build".[7] The party encourages reforms towards direct governance, striving to "build a stronger democracy in which citizens will be at the centre of public life";[8] and challenged the governing African National Congress in the 2014 general election.[9] The party ran again in the 2019 general election, losing all of its seats,[10] and did not compete in the 2024 general election.[11]

History

On 28 January 2014, the Democratic Alliance (DA) announced that Ramphele had accepted an invitation to stand as its presidential candidate in the 2014 general election,[12] [13] [14] and the DA and Agang were set to merge.[15] [16] On 31 January 2014, Ramphele stated that she would not take up DA party membership and would remain the leader of Agang, resulting in confusion.[17] On 2 February 2014, Helen Zille stated that Ramphele had reneged on her agreement to stand as the DA's presidential candidate.[18] Ramphele subsequently apologised for the reversal of her decision, saying that the timing was not right as the reaction to it had shown people were unable to overcome race-based party politics.[19] On 9 February 2014, following statements by Helen Zille that donor funding issues were behind the failed merger, Ramphele named business magnate Nathan Kirsh as a funder of Agang and said he would continue to fund the new party.[20] [21]

In the 2014 election, the party received 52,350 votes, or 0.28% of the total, and won two seats in the National Assembly of South Africa.[22] Following internal conflict within the party, Ramphele announced her withdrawal from politics on 8 July 2014.[23] [24]

Mike Tshishonga, one of the party's two MPs, was appointed acting president, but was expelled from the party in 2015 after being accused of misappropriating R80 000 of party funds, and then not attending the disciplinary hearing.[23] [25] He was replaced as president by the party's other MP, Andries Tlouamma.

John McConnachie, party national spokesperson at the time of the 2014 election, claimed that Tlouamma and Tshishonga orchestrated a revolt against Ramphele in the aftermath of the party's poor results, resulting in her resignation, and that Tlouamma later engineered the expulsion of Tshishonga, replacing him in parliament with Koekoe Mahumapelo, an unknown member of his clique not listed on the Agang national list at the time of the elections.[26]

In the 2016 municipal elections, support for the party dropped to 0.01% nationally, and the party lost all of its seats in the 2019 general election.

Ideology

The following aims are listed on the party's website as of 2019:[27]

Election results

National Assembly

|-! Election! Total votes! Share of vote! Seats ! +/–! Government|-! 2014[28] | 52,350| 0.28%| | –| |-! 2019| 13,856| 0.08%| | 2| |}

Provincial elections

! rowspan=2 | Election[29] ! 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|- ! 2014| 0.11% || 0/63| 0.20% || 0/30| 0.42% || 0/73| – || –| 0.36% || 0/49| 0.13% || 0/30| 0.44% || 0/33| – || –| 0.30% || 0/42|-!2019| – || –|0.15%||0/30|0.07%||0/73| – || –|0.16%||0/49|0.15%||0/30|0.21%||0/33| – || –| – || –|}

Municipal elections

|-! Election! Votes! %|-! 2016[30] | 5,493| 0.01%|-! 2021[31] | 1,569| 0.01%|-|}

Notes and References

  1. http://www.agangsa.org.za/2013/02/19/video-mamphela-ramphelas-announces-launch-of-agang-february-18-2013/ Agang South Africa: Video: Mamphele Ramphele announces launch of Agang, 18 February 2013
  2. Web site: Archived copy . 2014-05-06 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140506095926/http://152.111.1.88/argief/berigte/beeld/2013/02/19/B1/2/tccramph.html . 2014-05-06 .
  3. Web site: Launch of Agang | AgangSA . 2014-05-06 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140326081359/http://agangsa.org.za/pages/launch-of-agang . 2014-03-26 .
  4. Web site: Archived copy . 2014-05-06 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140506094006/http://152.111.1.88/argief/berigte/beeld/2013/06/26/B1/2/mlTutu.html . 2014-05-06 .
  5. Web site: Agang SA to launch political party . https://archive.today/20130624215153/http://www.thecitizen.co.za/citizen/content/en/citizen/local-news?oid=439296&sn=Detail&pid=334&Agang-SA-to-launch-political-party- . dead . 24 June 2013 . The Citizen . The Citizen (South Africa) . thecitizen.co.za . 21 June 2013 .
  6. Web site: South African new party Agang to challenge ANC . BBC . BBC . bbc.co.uk . 22 June 2013.
  7. News: Smith. David. Mamphela Ramphele launches challenge to South Africa's ANC. 28 February 2014. The Guardian. 18 February 2013.
  8. https://web.archive.org/web/20130221091548/http://www.agangsa.co.za/about-agang Agang South Africa | About Agang
  9. News: Anti-Apartheid Leader Starts New Party in South Africa. Polgreen. Lydia. 2013-02-18. The New York Times. 2017-09-08. en-US. 0362-4331.
  10. Web site: 2019 Candidate Lists: Electoral Commission . . 2019 . Electoral Commission . 27 April 2019.
  11. Web site: Candidates List - Electoral Commission of South Africa . 2024-03-26 . www.elections.org.za.
  12. News: Ramphele is joining us – DA source. 28 January 2014. IOL. 28 January 2014.
  13. News: Ramphele: This is an astonishing moment for SA. 28 January 2014. News24. 28 January 2014. 25 August 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190825140043/https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/Ramphele-This-is-an-astonishing-moment-for-SA-20140128. dead.
  14. News: Ramphele announced as DA presidential candidate. 28 January 2014. Mail & Guardian. 28 January 2014.
  15. News: Davis. Rebecca. DA-Agang: Dial M for Merger. 29 January 2014. IOL. 28 January 2014. Zille said that the two parties were establishing a 'joint technical committee to manage the integration of the DA and Agang SA structures and volunteers'..
  16. News: Ensor. Linda. Mamphela Ramphele joins DA as presidential candidate. 29 January 2014. Business Day. 28 January 2014. Dr Ramphele said she believed the merger was a historic moment.
  17. Web site: Ramphele. Mamphela. I won't be accepting DA membership on Monday. 31 January 2014. Politicsweb. 31 January 2014.
  18. Web site: Zille. Helen. Mamphela Ramphele has reneged on our agreement. 2 February 2014. Politicsweb. 2 February 2014.
  19. News: Ramphele says she made the right decision with DA candidacy. 3 February 2014. Times LIVE. 3 February 2014.
  20. News: Seale. Lebogang. Donor funding 'a danger to democracy'. 9 February 2014. The Star. 5 February 2014.
  21. News: Aboobaker. Shanti. Exposed: DA-Agang mystery funder. 9 February 2014. Sunday Independent. 9 February 2014.
  22. Web site: Battered but unbowed, Agang enter parliament. eNCA. 11 May 2014.
  23. News: Ndenze . Babalo . No tears as Ramphele quits party . 9 July 2014 . Cape Times . SAPA . 9 July 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140709092110/http://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/no-tears-as-ramphele-quits-party-1.1716614 . 9 July 2014 . live .
  24. News: Ramphele quits party politics. 8 July 2014. News24. SAPA. 8 July 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140708142840/http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/Ramphele-quits-party-politics-20140708. 8 July 2014. live.
  25. Web site: Ex-Agang MP loses bid against party . TimesLIVE . en-ZA . 2019-04-27.
  26. Web site: Elections 2019: Why voters are less likely to vote for emergent parties . McConnachie . John . Daily Maverick . 25 June 2018 . en . 2019-04-27.
  27. Web site: Policy - Agang SA . agangsa.org.za . 27 April 2019 . 27 April 2019 . 27 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190427093000/http://www.agangsa.org.za/policy/ . dead .
  28. Web site: 2014 National and Provincial Elections Results – 2014 National and Provincial Election Results . IEC . 11 May 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140510231542/http://www.elections.org.za/resultsNPE2014/ . 10 May 2014 . dead .
  29. Web site: Results Dashboard. www.elections.org.za . 2019-05-11.
  30. Web site: 2016 Results Summary - All Ballots . elections.org.za . 11 August 2016.
  31. Web site: 2021 Results Summary - All Ballots . elections.org.za . 7 November 2021.

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