Ubuntu Party

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Ubuntu Party
Leader Michael Tellinger
Founded2012
Dissolvedc. 2020
Ideology Ubuntu
Website
www.ubuntuparty.org.za

The Ubuntu Party was a minor South African political party founded in 2012 by author and songwriter Michael Tellinger. [1] Based on the principles of Ubuntu Contributionism, the party espouses Tellinger's pseudolegal ideas. [2]

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The party aimed to introduce 100% employment by closing down the South African Reserve Bank and replacing it with a people's bank that will grant interest-free home-loans, fund massive public works, and provide free electricity as Eskom, the state-owned electricity utility, is owned by the people of South Africa. [3] They also plan to eliminate the necessity for government altogether.

The party took part in the 2014 General Election at a national level. [4] Second on their list of candidates was Stephen Goodson, [4] [5] leader of the Abolition of Income Tax and Usury Party, a former director of the South African Reserve Bank and controversial for his holocaust denial. [6]

In a 2020 social media post, the party noted it was no longer active in politics and had not contested an election since 2016. [7]

National elections

ElectionVotes%Seats
2014 [8] 8,2340.04%0

Municipal elections

ElectionVotes %
2016 [9] 2,7520.01%

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  1. "About".
  2. Netolitzky, Donald J. (3 May 2018). "A Pathogen Astride the Minds of Men: The Epidemiological History of Pseudolaw". Centre d’expertise et de formation sur les intégrismes religieux et la radicalisation (CEFIR). SSRN   3177472 . Retrieved 24 January 2022.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. Tellinger, Michael. "FREE Electricity For The People - UBUNTU Party".
  4. 1 2 "Electoral Commission : Parties contesting the 2014 National and Provincial Elections". www.elections.org.za.
  5. Ubuntu Party (UBUNTU) Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine , South African Broadcasting Corporation, January 18, 2014.
  6. Reserve Bank director’s comments draw fire by Zara Nicholson, Independent Online, April 23, 2012.
  7. "Please note that the UBUNTU Party is no longer active in politics". Facebook . 1 August 2020.
  8. "2014 National and Provincial Elections Results - 2014 National and Provincial Election Results". IEC. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  9. "Results Summary - All Ballots" (PDF). elections.org.za. Retrieved 11 August 2016.