Azanian People's Organisation
- Leader:
- Nelvis Qekema
- Founded:
- 1978
- 2026 participation recorded
The custodian of the Black Consciousness Movement, founded in 1978, AZAPO pursues a socialist 'Republic of Azania'. Its central goals are reconquering and redistributing the land, building black power, decolonisation and professional, accountable governance.
Where the party stands today
In the 2021 local elections AZAPO won 2 council seats across 2 municipalities, mostly in Gauteng (1) and Limpopo (1).
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Policies and sources
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Headline pledges
Create municipal energy cooperatives and expand rooftop solar and microgrids.
azapo.org.zaGuarantee a free-basic-energy lifeline tariff.
azapo.org.zaCap energy costs and oppose energy privatisation.
azapo.org.zaReduce costly informal-business licensing requirements.
azapo.org.zaRegularise migrants contributing to township and rural economies.
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Where AZAPO stands
13 of 18 positions foundClean & accountable government
Top municipal jobs, like the city manager and the head of finance, should be filled by an independent panel. Political parties should have no say in who gets them.
Agree"Interview panels would exclude councillors, employees would be appointed on restorative merit, and senior appointments would become transparent."
The law should stop the municipality from raising rates and service charges (water, electricity, refuse) by more than inflation each year.
Agree"Congress demands price regulation capping energy costs and ending poor-to-business cross-subsidies; no inflation-linked cap on all municipal charges is specified."
Note: Official event pages, posted 7 September, announce a main manifesto launch on 26 September in Wattville and a regional Biko commemoration/manifesto launch on 12 September at Kuyga Hall. The regional listing is not proof of the event having taken place; neither page supplies manifesto text. No downloadable 2026 manifesto was located. The 4-6 July 2025 Congress resolutions, uploaded in January 2026, refresh Q4, Q6 and Q7 and support Q3, Q11 and Q19. Source dates use the documented adoption date, not the upload month. Q10, Q13 and Q16 are cleared because immigration-control and decolonial ideology do not establish the specific municipal policies. Q2, Q14 and Q20 retain the opened 2021 municipal manifesto; Q17 retains the opened 24 March 2024 speech after searches found no newer explicit insourcing pledge. Headline pledges are current Congress policy, not represented as the unpublished 2026 manifesto.
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