Front National (South Africa)

Front National (Afrikaans: Front Nasionaal, FN) was a South African far-right political party formed in late 2013 as a successor to the Federale Vryheidsparty.[1] The party promotes secession and Afrikaner self-determination. Front National strikes no distinction between English-speaking Whites and Afrikaners in South Africa.[2] The party reformed in January 2020 as the Afrikaner self-determination Party.[3]

Front National
Operational HeadAdv Jurg Prinsloo
Founded7 December 2013 (2013-12-07)
Dissolved10 January 2020 (2020-01-10)
Preceded byFederale Vryheidsparty
Succeeded byAfrikaner Selfbeskikkingsparty
HeadquartersPretoria, Gauteng
Student wingFront National Student Movement / Front Nasionaal Studente Beweging
Youth wingFront Nationaal Jeug / Front National Youth
IdeologyAfrikaner nationalism
Cultural conservatism
Volkstaat
Political positionFar-right
International affiliationWorld National-Conservative Movement
Colours   
Red, white and blue
SloganJou stem bepaal jou toekoms en die van jou kinders
National Assembly seats
0 / 400

Land claim
See also: Boer Republics § 2014 land claim

On 24 April 2014, FN submitted a land claim to the Land Claims Commissioner in Pretoria on behalf of the Afrikaner nation. The new land claims process has not yet been finalised however.[4][5][6]

Activism

Clive Derby-Lewis

Front National advocated the release of Clive Derby-Lewis, who by 2015 was the oldest prisoner in the South African Correctional Services at the age of 79. He had been behind bars since 1993. Derby-Lewis made various bids for parole from June 2010, when he was diagnosed with lung cancer.[7] In February, 2014, Derby-Lewis and his co-conspirator in the Hani murder, Janusz Waluś, lives were threatened when they were stabbed several times and had their heads struck with locks by fellow inmates.[8] It had been the stance of Front National that there was political interference with his parole application.[9][10]

The party approached the United Nations Commission on Human Rights over the handling of Derby-Lewis's medical parole application.[11]

Derby-Lewis was released in June 2015, and died in November 2016.[12]

South African Human Rights Commission

On 14 January 2016 the party declared intentions to make a complaint against Democratic Alliance Leader Mmusi Maimane with the South African Human Rights Commission concerning remarks he made on Twitter stating "I am angry when I go shopping at certain shops – white people are shopping and black people are working.”[13][14]

On 24 January 2019, Willie Cloete, the leader, and a number of followers of the National Conservative Party joined Front National.

Affiliation

Front National has civil affiliations with Boere Krisis Aksie (BKA),[15] which is self-described as a "Politieke drukgroep vir selfbeskikking en wit belange in Suid Afrika", translated as "[a] Political pressure group for self-determination and white interests in South Africa".[16]

Front National has media affiliations with South Africa Today (SAT).

Elections

The party contested the 2014 general election in the national ballot and the provincial ballot for Gauteng.[17] and the 2019 election on the national ballot only, failing to win any seats on either occasion.

Parliament
National Assembly
Election year # of
overall votes		  % of
overall vote		 # of
overall seats won		 +/–
2014 5,138 0.03%
0 / 400
 –
2019 7,144 0.04%
0 / 400
 Steady ±0

Provincial ballot
Election Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng Kwazulu-Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga North-West Northern Cape Western Cape
% Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats
2014[18] – – – – 0.05% 0/73 – – – – – – – - – – – –

See also

References
  1. "Legal Notice No 37064". Government Gazette. 581 C. 29 November 2013.
  2. "FNSA Beleid: PROGRAM VAN BEGINSELS - Punt 3.1". Archived from the original on 9 May 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  3. "Die party, Front Nasionaal, verander sy naam na Afrikaner Selfbeskikkingparty – Rosestad". rosestad.co.za. Archived from the original on 13 August 2020.
  4. "Land restitution bill passed after heated debate". News24. 25 February 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  5. "Front Nasionaal hands in massive land claim". SABC Digital News. 25 April 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  6. Vermaak, Narda (15 May 2014). "Party is upfront about its land claim". Steelburger. Archived from the original on 16 June 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  7. "Urgent court hearing for Derby Lewis medical parole".
  8. Sarah, Evans. "Clive Derby-Lewis attacked in prison". M&G.
  9. ""Laat Derby-Lewis vry" / "Release Derby-Lewis"". eNCAnews. 15 April 2014.
  10. Maleka, Malesela. "SACP TO OPPOSE THE PAROLE APPLICATION OF CLIVE DERBY - LEWIS". SACP.
  11. "Front National takes Derby-Lewis case to UN". SAPA. 24 September 2014.
  12. "BREAKING: Clive Derby-Lewis dies". News24. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  13. "Blatant black-racist tweet repeated by Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane (pagegrab)". Farmitracker.
  14. "Front National charges DA Leader with racism – asks HRC to investigate".
  15. "BKA: Tab". Archived from the original on 25 October 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  16. "Boere Krisis Aksie (B.K.A.)". Facebook.
  17. "Parties contesting the 2014 National and Provincial Elections". IEC. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  18. "2014 National and Provincial Elections – Results". IEC. Archived from the original on 10 May 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
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