Tripartite Alliance
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For the envisioned Anglo-French-Soviet alliance of 1939, see Tripartite military talks. For other uses, see Tripartite Alliance (disambiguation).
The Tripartite Alliance is an alliance between the African National Congress (ANC), the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and the South African Communist Party (SACP).[1][2] The ANC holds a majority in the South African parliament, while the SACP and COSATU have not contested any democratic election in South Africa.
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Tripartite Alliance | |
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President of the ANC | Cyril Ramaphosa |
General Secretary of the SACP | Solly Afrika Mapaila |
President of the COSATU | Zingiswa Losi |
Founded | 11 February 1990; 34 years ago (1990-02-11) |
Headquarters | Johannesburg, South Africa |
Ideology | |
Political position | Centre-left to far-left |
Member parties | African National Congress Congress of South African Trade Unions South African Communist Party |
National Assembly seats | 230 / 400 |
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The Alliance was forged in 1990 after the release of Nelson Mandela. The movements were opposed to white minority rule by the apartheid government.[2] The Tripartite Alliance is also known as the Revolutionary Alliance or just the Alliance.[2]