Labour Party (South African coloured people)

The Labour Party (Afrikaans: Dutch: Workers party, workers ' Party) was a South African party for coloured people.



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[hide] *1 History  ==History[ Edit] == The Labour Party (LP) was founded in 1969 by coloured people who strove for the gradual abolition of apartheid and the granting of civil rights to the non-white populations. The party believed that violent opposition to the white Government was not the right way and be as such the guerrilla fight of the Umkhonto we Sizwe ("Spear of the nation") against the apartheid regime.
 * 2 Verkiezingsresulaten Coloured Council/Council of representatives 1969-1989
 * 3 party leaders
 * 4 see also
 * 5 References

As a candidate in elections to the Council coloured people (Coloured Representative Council, CRC) which took place on 24 september 1969 obtained the LP 26 of the 40 seats and became by far the largest party[1]. The participation of the LP in coloured Council-a body set up by the Government-was by fierce opponents of apartheid within the own community strongly disapproved. Nevertheless, the LP in coloured Council led by Group Chairman M.D. Abbott very critical towards the Government. In 1975, the LP its seats to expand to 31 seats.Sonny Leon, the new leader of the coloured people LP, was elected President of the Council. During his opening speech of the new Coloured Council on 12 september 1975 the Council meeting adjourned Leon until the Government had decided to allow a genuine parliamentary representation. [2]  Leon was by the State president n. Diederichs fired and replaced by a supporter of apartheid[3] .

The Labour Party remained active in the Coloured Council and Leon was, despite his action, seen as too cooperative. Later, [http://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.aspx?from=nl&to=en&a=http%3A%2F%2Fnl.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FDs. ds.] Allan Hendrickse elected leader of the LP. Hendrickse worked with the authorities to come to a power-sharing vcrm. In consultation with Prime Minister P.W. Botha came early 80 's to the Presidential Council, a kind of super Cabinet, in which representatives of whites, Indians and coloured people were sitting. A number of coloured people in the Presidential Council belonged to the Labour Party. On the advice of the Presidential Council was further expanded the so-called "power-sharing", so got to the three-room house in 1984, with rooms for whites (people's Council), Indians (Council of representatives) and Coloured (Council of representatives). At the legislative elections of August 22, 1984 was the LP with 76 of the 85 seats by far the largest party. But at an attendance of only 18% of the coloured people was hardly a victory for voting rights to call this.

After the election was ds. Hendrickse Chief Minister (Prime Minister) of the Coloured Cabinet that was composed of members of the Council of representatives. The Coloured Cabinet existed exclusively of members of the Labour Party. At the elections of 1989 lost the LP 7 seats but remained the largest party and remained Chief MinisterHendrickse. In the early 1990smakes state president Frederik Willem de Klerk announced that they were non-whites to the National Party (NP) were allowed to join. A fairly large number of Labour MPs joined hereinafter referred to as the NP significantly weakened the position of the Labour Party. In 1992 filed a group of old-Labourpolitici (now members of the NP) led by Jac Rabie against a vote of no confidence in Hendrickse who was adopted by a majority of members of the Council of representatives and the coloured people by the end of the LP-dominated Cabinet.

Although the LP wanted to join to the first democratic and multiracial elections of 1994, but polls gave a little hopeful picture for the Labour Party. Hendrickse disbanded the party and he and his colleagues went over to the African National Congress (ANC) of Dr. Nelson Mandela.

The New Labour Party of Peter Marais can be seen as a continuation of the LP.

The party should not be confused with the Labour Party (1910-1958), which focused on white English-speaking workers. ==Verkiezingsresulaten Coloured Council/Council of representatives 1969-1989<span class="mw-editsection" len="423" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ==Party Leaders<span class="mw-editsection" len="362" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==
 * M.D. Abbott
 * Sonny Leon
 * Allan Hendrickse Ds.