African Renaissance Unity Party

Political party from South Africa

African Renaissance Unity Party
Founder	Bryce Mthimkhulu
Founded	2018
National Assembly seats	0 / 400
Provincial Legislatures	0 / 430
Website
www.facebook.com/AfricanRenaissanceUnity/
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The African Renaissance Unity Party (ARU) is a South African political party founded to lobby for the interests of traditional chiefs and their communities. The party's leaders are all traditional chiefs.

At its launch, the party promised to reduce unemployment by 70%, double pensions and provide free tertiary education.

Controversy

Party leader Bryce Mthimkhulu, who describes himself as King Mthimkhulu III and king of the amaHlubi nation in KwaZulu-Natal, was warned by then president Jacob Zuma in 2016 to stop using the term, and was taken to court by the government (which lost the case).

Election results

The party contested the 2019 general election at the national level, and provincial level in the Free State, Kwazulu-Natal and Limpopo, failing to win any seats.

National elections


Election	Total votes	Share of vote	Seats	+/–	Government
2019	3,860	0.02%	0 / 400	–	extraparliamentary

Provincial elections


Election	Eastern Cape		Free State		Gauteng		Kwazulu-Natal		Limpopo		Mpumalanga		North-West		Northern Cape		Western Cape
Election	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats
2019	-	-	0.02%	0/30	-	-	0.04%	0/80	0.03%	0/49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

References

"New kid on the block vows to unseat ANC". www.iol.co.za. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
Khambule, Lethabo (9 March 2018). "NEW POLITICAL PARTY REGISTERED". DailySun. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
Davis, Rebecca (25 March 2019). "2019 Elections: Crib-sheet for the political parties contesting the 2019 polls, Part Two". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
"Results Dashboard". www.elections.org.za. Retrieved 11 May 2019.

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