Tripartite Alliance

For the envisioned Anglo-French-Soviet alliance of 1939, see Tripartite military talks. For other uses, see Tripartite Alliance (disambiguation).

Tripartite Alliance
President of the ANC	Cyril Ramaphosa
General Secretary of the SACP	Solly Afrika Mapaila
President of the COSATU	Zingiswa Losi
Founded	11 February 1990 (1990-02-11)
Headquarters	Johannesburg, South Africa
Ideology	Social democracy African nationalism Factions: Communism Marxism–Leninism
Political position	Majority: Centre-left Minority: Far-left
Member parties	African National Congress Congress of South African Trade Unions South African Communist Party
National Assembly seats	159 / 400
Politics of South Africa Political parties Elections

The Tripartite Alliance is an alliance between the African National Congress (ANC), the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and the South African Communist Party (SACP). The ANC holds a plurality in the South African parliament, while the SACP and COSATU have not contested any democratic election in South Africa.

The Alliance was forged in 1990 after the release of Nelson Mandela. The movements were opposed to white minority rule by the apartheid government. The Tripartite Alliance is also known as the Revolutionary Alliance or just the Alliance.

Constituent parties

The NPF is currently composed of the following political parties:

Party	Abbreviation	Ideology	National Assembly of South Africa	Government
African National Congress	ANC	African nationalism	159 / 400	In government
South African Communist Party	SACP	Communism Marxism–Leninism	0 / 400	In government but not represented in the National Assembly
Congress of South African Trade Unions	COSATU	Trade unionism Labourism	0 / 400	In government but not represented in the National Assembly

See also

• Congress Alliance

External links

• The ANC now at a fork in the road
• How the Tripartite Alliance works
• COSATU and the Tripartite Alliance since 1994
• The ideological differences within the Tripartite Alliance: What now for the left?
• Statement of the Alliance Political Council