{"id":59065,"date":"2014-04-30T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-30T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/59065\/parties-contesting-the-elections\/"},"modified":"2014-04-30T14:29:16","modified_gmt":"2014-04-30T12:29:16","slug":"parties-contesting-the-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2014\/04\/30\/parties-contesting-the-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Parties contesting the elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The following parties are contesting the national elections:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>African Christian Democratic Party<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>African Indepent Congress<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>African National Congress<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>African People&#8217;s Convention<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Agang South Africa<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Al Jama-Ah<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Azanian People&#8217;s Organisation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Bushbuckridge Residents Association<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Congress of the People<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Democratic Alliance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Ecomonic Freedom Fighters<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>First Nation Liberation Alliance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Front Nasionaal\/Front National<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Independent Civic Organisation of South Africa<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Inkatha Freedom Party<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Keep It Straight and Simple<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Kingdom Governance Movement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Minority Front<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>National Freedom Party<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Pan Africanist Congress of Azania<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Pan Africanist Movement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Patriotic Alliance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Peoples Alliance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Ubuntu Party<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>United Christian Democratic Party<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>United Congress<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>United Democratic Movement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Vryheidsfront Plus<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Workers and Socialist Party<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The following parties are contesting the provincial (Gauteng) elections:<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>African Christian Democratic Party<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>African National Congress<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>African People&#8217;s Convention<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Agang South Africa<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Azanian People&#8217;s Organisation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Congress of the People<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Democratic Alliance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Economic Freedom Fighters<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Front Nasionaal\/ Front National<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Indepent Civic Organisation of South Africa<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Inkatha Freedom Party<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Kingdom Governance Movement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Lekgotla For Democracy Movement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Merafong Civic Association<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Minority Front<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>National Freedom Party<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Pan Africanist Congress of Azania<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Patriotic Alliance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>United Christian Democratic Party<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>United Democratic Movement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Vryheidsfront Plus<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Workers and Socialist Party<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Information taken from the IEC website at www.elections.gov.za<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='9d5ef47fee451fba191dbd8e3e7e7e16'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are a number of parties contesting the elections on May 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