The Freedom Front Plus is a right-wing political party in South Africa that was formed in 1994. It is led by Pieter Groenewald.
The Conservative Party of South Africa was a far-right South African political party that sought to preserve many aspects of apartheid in the system's final decade, and formed the official opposition in the white-only House of Assembly in the last seven years of minority rule. It declined quickly after apartheid ended, before being merged with the Freedom Front in 2004.
Cornelius Petrus Mulder was a South African politician and cabinet minister.
Pieter Willem Adriaan Mulder is a South African politician and the former leader of the Freedom Front Plus. He served as the Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in the Cabinet of President Jacob Zuma from 2009–14.
The Federal Alliance was a small South African political party that contested the South African general election in 1999. The party was led by business magnate Louis Luyt, and founded in 1998. They later joined the Democratic Party and the New National Party to form the Democratic Alliance but eventually broke away. The party did not contest the general election in 2004, instead fielding two candidates to the Gauteng Provincial Legislature on the DA's electoral lists. The FA gained these two seats in 2005 when the MPLs defected during the floor crossing window. This soured its relationship with the DA and ended all co-operation between the two parties.
Petrus Johannes "Pieter" Groenewald is a South African politician. He has been serving as the Leader of the Freedom Front Plus since his election in November 2016. He started his political career by being elected Mayor of Stilfontein in 1988. He relinquished the position in 1989 due to his election to the House of Assembly. Groenewald co-founded the Freedom Front in 1994, and served as a Member of the National Assembly until his election to the North West Provincial Legislature in 1999. He returned to the National Assembly in 2001.
The 2019 Western Cape provincial election was held on 8 May 2019 to elect the 6th Western Cape Provincial Parliament. It was the sixth provincial election held since the establishment of the provincial legislature in 1994.
Wynand Johannes Boshoff is a South African academic and politician from the Northern Cape serving as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa for the Freedom Front Plus (FF+) since 2019. He has been serving as the Provincial Leader of the FF+ since 2015. He previously served as a municipal councillor of the Sol Plaatje Local Municipality from 2016 to 2019. Boshoff is the grandson of the assassinated apartheid-era Prime Minister of South Africa, Hendrik Verwoerd, who served from 1958 until 1966, and the son of Afrikaner enclave Orania founder, Carel Boshoff.
Marcelle Frieda Maritz is a South African politician who has been serving as a Member of the Limpopo Provincial Legislature since 2019. She is a member of the Freedom Front Plus (FF+) and the party's provincial leader. She served as a municipal councillor of the Mogalakwena Local Municipality prior to her appointment to provincial legislature. Maritz was a member of the Democratic Alliance (DA) until 2015, when she resigned from the party after allegations of racism. The DA soon laid criminal charges regarding racism against her in 2019.
Pieter Mey is a South African politician and former police lieutenant. He has been serving as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa for the Freedom Front Plus since May 2019. Mey is also the Eastern Cape provincial leader of the FF Plus.
Tamarin "Tammy" Breedt is a South African politician who is the national youth leader of the Freedom Front Plus. She has been serving as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa since May 2019. She was previously a Member of the Free State Provincial Legislature. Breedt is married to fellow FF Plus MP Wouter Wessels.
Ignatius Michael "Michal" Groenewald is a South African politician serving as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa. A member of the Freedom Front Plus (FF+), he is the party's provincial leader in the North West. Groenewald serves alongside his father and party leader, Pieter Groenewald, in Parliament. He was previously a municipal councillor in the Matlosana Local Municipality.
Philippus Adriaan van Staden, known as Philip van Staden, is a South African politician from Gauteng. He has been serving as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa for the Freedom Front Plus (FF+) since 2019. He previously represented the FF+ in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature from 2014 to 2019. Van Staden was a municipal councillor of the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality from 2011 to 2014.
Frederik Jacobus Mulder, known as Jaco Mulder, is a South African politician serving as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa since 2019. A member of the Freedom Front Plus (FF+), he is the provincial leader of the party in Gauteng. Mulder previously served as a Member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature from 2004 to 2014.
Heloïse Denner is a South African politician and attorney. She is a member of the Freedom Front Plus (FF+) and a representative of the party in the National Assembly of South Africa. In 2019, she and Tammy Wessels became the first women to represent the party in Parliament.
Stephanus Franszouis du Toit, known as Fanie du Toit, is a South African politician who has been serving as a permanent delegate to the National Council of Provinces since May 2019. Du Toit is a member of the North West provincial delegation and a party member of the Freedom Front Plus.
Dévar Smit is a South African politician and educator who served as a member of the Free State Provincial Legislature from 2019 to 2021. Smit is a member of the Freedom Front Plus
Theo Willem Coetzee was a South African politician. He served as a member of the National Assembly of South Africa for the Democratic Alliance from 2009 until his defection to the Freedom Front Plus ahead of the 2014 general election. From 2019 Coetzee was the sole representative of the Freedom Front Plus in the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature.
Joseph Chiolé is a retired South African politician who represented the Freedom Front (FF) in the National Assembly during the first democratic Parliament from 1994 to 1999. Afterwards he served a single term in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature; he represented the FF until March 2003, when he crossed the floor to the Herstigte Nasionale Party (HNP).
Abrie Oosthuizen is a South African former politician who served as the provincial leader of the Freedom Front Plus in the Free State and as a member of the Free State Provincial Legislature until his retirement. Oosthuizen was elected to the Provincial Legislature in 1994 and was re-elected in 1999, 2004 and 2009 before announcing his retirement from politics in October 2013. Wouter Wessels succeeded him in the legislature while Jan van Niekerk succeeded him as provincial leader.
