Green Party of South Africa explained

The Green Party of South Africa (GPSA) is a small political party in the Western Cape province. It is a member of the Federation of Green Parties of Africa.

History of Green politics in South Africa

The Ecology Party was established in November 1989, but disbanded after recruiting only 1 800 members.^[1]

Ian Brownlie launched the Green Party (GRP) in July 1992, but it too disbanded after failing to win a seat in the Western Cape Provincial legislature during the 1994 Provincial and National general elections under the leadership of Nathan Grant.

Judy Sole founded the Government by the People Green Party (GPGP) in 1999, which she later renamed to The Green Party of South Africa. The party has contested elections as the Green Party of South Africa since the 2000 local elections. Due to the lack of funding the Green Party of South Africa only participated in the 2004 provincial elections but was reconstituted in early February 2019 to contest the provincial elections.

Election results

Year	National		Western Cape provincial		City of Cape Town				References
					Ward		Proportional
1994			2 611	0.1%					[2]
1999	9 193	0.06%	2 453	0.15%					[3] [4]
2000					477	0.07%	1 973	0.28%	[5]
2004			3 317	0.21%					[6]

Provincial elections

! rowspan=2 | Election^{[7] [8]} ! 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|-! 1994| - || -| - || -| - || -| - || -| - || -| - || -| - || -| - || -| 0.1% || 0/42|-! 1999| - || -| - || -| - || -| - || -| - || -| - || -| - || -| - || -| 0.15% || 0/42|-! 2004| - || -| - || -| - || -| - || -| - || -| - || -| - || -| - || -| 0.21% || 0/42|-! 2019| - || -| - || -| - || -| - || -| - || -| - || -| - || -| - || -| 0.13% || 0/42|}

See also

• eThekwini ECOPEACE
• Green movement in South Africa

External links

• Green Party of South Africa (2018)
• Cape Town Greens (2007)
• Gauteng Greens

Notes and References

1. Book: Kotzé, Hendrik Jakobus. Anneke Greyling. Political organizations in South Africa A-Z. 1994. 2. Tafelberg. 0-624-03261-2.
2. Álvarez-Rivera, Manuel (2004-01-05) Republic of South Africa 1994 General Election. Election Resources on the Internet
3. http://www.elections.org.za/content/Pages/LGE_NPE_Reports/LGE_NPE_Reports_Search.aspx?lEEtypeID=1&id=1426 National and Provincial Elections Results, 1999
4. https://web.archive.org/web/20070608205624/http://www.elections.org.za/Results/province9.asp Western Cape Results
5. http://www.elections.org.za/content/Pages/LGE_NPE_Reports/LGE_NPE_Reports_Search.aspx?lEEtypeID=3&id=1427 Party Support, Province: Western Cape, Ward: All Wards, Party: The Green Party of South Africa
6. http://www.elections.org.za/content/Pages/LGE_NPE_Reports/LGE_NPE_Reports_Search.aspx?lEEtypeID=1&id=1426 2004 Provincial election, Western Cape
7. Web site: Election Resources on the Internet: Republic of South Africa General Election Results Lookup.
8. Web site: Results Dashboard. www.elections.org.za . 2019-05-11.