Labour Party (South Africa, 1969)

The Labour Party of South Africa[1] (Afrikaans: Arbeidersparty van Suid-Afrika) was a South African political party founded in 1969 and led for many years by Allan Hendrickse.

Although avowedly opposed to apartheid, it participated in the Coloured Persons Representative Council.

[2] It opposed the guerrilla struggle of Umkhonto we Sizwe and the call for international sanctions against South Africa.

The party later dominated the House of Representatives in the Tricameral Parliament from its foundation in 1984 until 1992, winning 76 of the 80 seats in the 1984 elections and 69 in those of 1989.

It is not to be confused with the earlier South African Labour Party, which had represented White industrial workers.