Venda National Party Dzangano la lushaka la venda | |
|---|---|
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| Leader | Patrick Mphephu (First) Frank Ravele (Last) |
| Founder | Patrick Mphephu |
| Founded | 1973 |
| Dissolved | 5 April 1990 |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Far-right |
| Regional affiliation | National Party (South Africa)[1] |
TheNational Party of Venda was a political party in theBantustanRepublic of Venda which was founded around 1973.[2]
In 1973 it won 5 of the 18 available seats. By 1978 it had increased its seat share to 11 out of 42 seats, before winning 41 of the 45 seats in 1984.[3]
Whilst the oppositionVenda Independence People's Party (VIPP) won the majority of seats for almost every election, leaderPatrick Mphephu used a variety of means to assert control, including courting the appointed chiefs that constituted a majority of the parliament in 1973, and using emergency powers to detain VIPP legislators until he was appointed prime minister in 1978, so the party effectively ran Venda as aone-party state.[4]
Mphephu became president in 1979 after Venda's notional independence. He died in 1988 and was replaced byFrank Ravele. Ravele and the National Party of Venda were overthrown in the1990 coup d'état byGabriel Ramushwana.[5]
