General Information
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Country
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South Africa
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Abbreviation
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SAGP
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Forum
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Forum
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Founded
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July 2009
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Dissolved
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Unknown
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Political
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Congress Occupancy
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0 /40 seats, 0%
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Orientation
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Center-Right
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Ideology
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Libertarian
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The South African Gold Party was at one time the largest and most politically important party in South Africa during the Third Republic. Over a third of South Africa's then congress consisted of members of the SAGP - often referred to simply as the GP or the Gold Party - making it the majority party of the country.
Its membership also consists of some South Africa's most prominent and influential citizens, including Enoch Root, former Country President and leading economist; Robert "RR" Reid, Party President and Speaker; and Karl Bauer, former Minister of Information, well-respected journalist and the party's Director of Communications.
History
The South African Gold Party was founded in July 2009 by Alby at the birth of the third republic of South Africa, shortly after the liberation of Limpopo from Brazilian occupation. The party's numbers slowly grew as its country recovered and as the party maintained a strong presence in South African society its number of congressmen did also with the culmination being the election of Steven Bosch as the Gold Party first country president.
Since then the SAGP has grown further to become South Africa's largest and strongest party with around one hundred members and a great number of cabinet appointees, including two Speakers of Congress (Karl Bauer and Robert Reid) and two country presidents (Enoch Root and Steven Bosch). Every single winning presidential candidate since September 2009 until December 2009 (four months) has been supported by the South African Gold Party and Dashielle Hammett published that Robert Reid will be running for president in the last month of 2009. Hamilton Moore was elected the Party President on December 15th 2009.
The party made a return to politics in January 2011 with Hamilton Moore at the helm and the old ID (???) was replaced with new and final ID (3525). It is unsure what happened to the party.
Congressional Elections
June 2011, 8/39
May 2011, 9/36
April 2011, 6/36
March 2011, 4/40
February 2011, 5/36
January 2011, 4/40 (10.53%)
September 2010, 5/40 (13.89%)
January 2010, 13/40 (32%)
December 2009, 14/40 (35.9%)
November 2009, 18/40 (45%)
October 2009, 6/20 (30%)
September 2009, 5/20 (25%)
August 2009, 3/10 (30%)