National_Democratic_Convention_(South

National Democratic Convention (NADECO)
Leader	Rev. Hawu Mbatha
Founder	Ziba Jiyane
Founded	September 2005
Dissolved	c. 2009
Headquarters	1615 Commercial City, 40 Commercial Road, Durban
Youth wing	National Democratic Youth Convention
Women's wing	National Democratic Youth Convention
Ideology	Conservatism Federalism
Political position	Right-wing
Colours	Green Black White
Party flag

Website
http://www.nadeco.org
Politics of South Africa Political parties Elections

The National Democratic Convention (Nadeco) was a South African political party formed in August 2005 via floor crossing legislation^[1] by Ziba Jiyane, the former Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) chairperson.^[2]

In September 2005 the provincial African Christian Democratic Party leader and MP Reverend Hawu Mbatha joined Nadeco. Ziba Jiyane left the IFP after a public feud with IFP President Mangosuthu Buthelezi over the direction of the IFP. Jiyane claimed that the IFP was not adequately democratic. Jiyane was suspended by the IFP leadership and resigned, forming Nadeco.

During the 2005 floor-crossing window a number of politicians including Gavin Woods joined the new party,^[3] leaving it with four seats in the national assembly, and four in the Kwazulu-Natal assembly.^[4]

In August 2006, however, Jiyane was suspended by the party for misconduct. After a protracted legal dispute with Mbatha, he formally split from the party in December 2007 and retired temporarily from politics, later forming the South African Democratic Congress in 2008.

Nadeco lost all of its national and provincial seats in the 2009 general election and subsequently disbanded.^[5]

Election results


Election	Votes	%	Seats
2009	10,830	0.06	0

References

^ Quintal, Angela (4 April 2008). "Nadeco penalised for failing to account". Pretoria News. p. 2. Retrieved 27 September 2008.
^ "Nadeco sets its sights on fired IFP man". The Mail & Guardian. 1 September 2005. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
^ Pressly, Donwald. "IFP's Woods joins Nadeco". News24. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
^ "Jiyane bounces back - Politics | IOL News | IOL.co.za". Archived from the original on 23 October 2012.
^ Mthethwa, Bongani (23 January 2018). "Serial political party hopper Ziba Jiyane joins NFP". Retrieved 28 September 2021. Like Nadeco‚ which faded into political oblivion after losing all its national and provincial seats in the 2009 general election‚ Sadeco never took off.

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