The Former Liberation Movements of Southern Africa (FLMSA) is a loosely organized regional political international of seven political parties which were involved in the African nationalist movements against colonialism and white-minority rule in Southern Africa. It has its roots in the Frontline States, a loose coalition of African countries from the 1960s to the early 1990s committed to ending apartheid and white minority rule in South Africa and Rhodesia. [1] Its original members are the African National Congress (South Africa), Chama Cha Mapinduzi ( Tanzania), FRELIMO ( Mozambique), the MPLA ( Angola), SWAPO ( Namibia), and ZAPU and ZANU–PF ( Zimbabwe). [2] In 2019, the Botswana Democratic Party, the ruling party of Botswana, joined the FLMSA. [2] [3]
Party | Abbreviation | Country | Established | National legislature seats | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lower house | Upper house | ||||
![]() |
ANC | ![]() |
1912 | 159 / 400
|
54 / 90
|
![]() |
BDP | ![]() |
1961 | 38 / 65
| |
![]() |
CCM | ![]() |
1977 | 362 / 393
| |
![]() |
FRELIMO | ![]() |
1962 | 184 / 250
| |
![]() |
MPLA | ![]() |
1956 | 124 / 220
| |
![]() |
SWAPO | ![]() |
1960 | 63 / 104
|
28 / 42
|
![]() |
ZANU–PF | ![]() |
1963 | 179 / 270
|
34 / 80
|
City | Country | Date | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
Johannesburg | ![]() |
October 2000 | [4] |
Harare | ![]() |
2001 | [4] |
Johannesburg | ![]() |
25 November 2008 | [5] |
Dar es Salaam | ![]() |
4 May 2010 | [1] [6] |
Windhoek | ![]() |
11 August 2011 | [1] [7] |
Pretoria | ![]() |
6–9 March 2013 | [5] [7] |
Dar es Salaam | ![]() |
October 2013 | [8] [9] |
Maputo | ![]() |
20 November 2015 | [10] |
Victoria Falls | ![]() |
4–8 May 2016 | [11] |
![]() |
December 2017 | [12] [13] | |
Windhoek | ![]() |
20–22 November 2018 | [14] |
Victoria Falls | ![]() |
8–12 September 2019 | [15] |