Green Party of South Africa

Green Party of South Africa
Green Party of South Africa
Founded	1999
Headquarters	Noordhoek, Cape Town, South Africa
Ideology	Environmentalism
Political position	Centre
International affiliation	Federation of Green Parties of Africa
Website
	greenpartyofsouthafrica.co.za
	Politics of South Africa; Political parties; Elections;

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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^[1]

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
Year	National		Western Cape provincial		Ward		Proportional		References
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


Election^[7]^[8]	Eastern Cape		Free State		Gauteng		Kwazulu-Natal		Limpopo		Mpumalanga		North-West		Northern Cape		Western Cape
Election^[7]^[8]	%	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