| Country: | South Africa |
| Ubuntu Party | |
| Leader: | Michael Tellinger |
| Foundation: | 2012 |
| Dissolved: | 2020 |
| Ideology: | Ubuntu |
| Website: | www.ubuntuparty.org.za |
The Ubuntu Party was a minor South African political party founded in 2012 by author and songwriter Michael Tellinger.[1] Based on the principles of Ubuntu Contributionism, the party espouses Tellinger's pseudolegal ideas.[2]
The party aimed to introduce 100% employment by closing down the South African Reserve Bank and replacing it with a people's bank that will grant interest-free home-loans, fund massive public works, and provide free electricity as Eskom, the state-owned electricity utility, is owned by the people of South Africa.[3] They also plan to eliminate the necessity for government altogether.
The party took part in the 2014 General Election at a national level. Second on their list of candidates was Stephen Goodson,[4] [5] leader of the Abolition of Income Tax and Usury Party, a former director of the South African Reserve Bank and controversial for his holocaust denial.[6]
In a 2020 social media post, the party noted it was no longer active in politics and had not contested an election since 2016.[7]
|----- bgcolor="#cccccc"!Election!Votes!%!Seats|-| 2014[8] | align="right" | 8,234| align="right" | 0.04%| align="right" | 0|-|}
|-! Election! Votes! %|-! 2016[9] | 2,752| 0.01%|-|}