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, joined the FLMSA.[2][3]
Party | Abbreviation | Country | Established | National legislature seats | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lower house | Upper house | ||||
African National Congress | ANC | South Africa | 1912 | 159 / 400
|
43 / 90
|
Botswana Democratic Party | BDP | Botswana | 1961 | 4 / 69
| |
Chama Cha Mapinduzi | CCM | Tanzania | 1977 | 362 / 393
| |
Liberation Front of Mozambique | FRELIMO | Mozambique | 1962 | 184 / 250
| |
People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola | MPLA | Angola | 1956 | 124 / 220
| |
SWAPO Party of Namibia | SWAPO | Namibia | 1960 | 63 / 104
|
28 / 42
|
Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front | ZANU–PF | Zimbabwe | 1963 | 179 / 270
|
34 / 80
|
City | Country | Date | Ref. |
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Johannesburg | South Africa | October 2000 | [4] |
Harare | Zimbabwe | 2001 | [4] |
Johannesburg | South Africa | 25 November 2008 | [5] |
Dar es Salaam | Tanzania | 4 May 2010 | [1][6] |
Windhoek | Namibia | 11 August 2011 | [1][7] |
Pretoria | South Africa | 6–9 March 2013 | [5][7] |
Dar es Salaam | Tanzania | October 2013 | [8][9] |
Maputo | Mozambique | 20 November 2015 | [10] |
Victoria Falls | Zimbabwe | 4–8 May 2016 | [11] |
Zimbabwe | December 2017 | [12][13] | |
Windhoek | Namibia | 20–22 November 2018 | [14] |
Victoria Falls | Zimbabwe | 8–12 September 2019 | [15] |