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{{short description|Political party in South Africa}} {{Use South African English|date=October 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Infobox political party | name = Freedom Front Plus | native_name = Vryheidsfront Plus | logo = Freedom Front Plus.svg | logo_size = 125 | colorcode = {{party color|Freedom Front Plus}} | abbreviation = VF Plus<br>VF+ | leader1_title = [[#Party leader|Leader]] | leader1_name = [[CornΓ© Mulder]] | leader2_title = Chairperson | leader2_name = [[Wouter Wessels]] | leader3_title = Spokesperson | leader3_name = Pieter Swart | leader4_title = Chief whip | leader4_name = [[Wouter Wessels]] | leader5_title = | leader5_name = | founder = [[Constand Viljoen]] | founded = {{start date and age|1 March 1994|df=y}} | registered = 4 March 1994 | dissolved = | merger = {{ubl|class = nowrap | '''2003:''' | [[Conservative Party (South Africa)|Conservative Party]] | [[Afrikaner Eenheidsbeweging]] | '''2006:''' | [[Federal Alliance (South Africa)|Federal Alliance]] }} | split = [[Afrikaner Volksfront]] | headquarters = Charles de Gaulle Crescent, [[Centurion, Gauteng|Centurion]], [[Gauteng]] | newspaper = | youth_wing = Vryheidsfront Plus-Jeug | wing1_title = | wing1 = | membership_year = 2008 | membership = 25β30,000<ref name=Neil>{{cite journal |last1=Southern |first1=Neil |date=2008 |title=The Freedom Front Plus: an analysis of Afrikaner politics and ethnic identity in the new South Africa |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13569770802519383 |journal=[[Contemporary Politics]] |publisher=[[Taylor & Francis]] |volume=14 |issue=4 |pages=463β478 |doi=10.1080/13569770802519383 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> | ideology = {{ubl|class = nowrap | [[Afrikaner nationalism]] | [[Conservatism]] | [[Self-determination]] | [[Anti-communism]] | [[Anti-socialism]] | [[Christian nationalism]] }} | position = [[Right-wing politics|Right-wing]] | religion = | affiliation1_title = Provincial Affiliation | affiliation1 = CapeXit Election Accord<ref>{{cite web |title=The Referendum Party signs CapeXit election accord |url=https://www.referendumparty.org/news/the-referendum-party-signs-the-capexit-election-accord |website=Referendum Party (News) |access-date=20 May 2024}}</ref> | national = {{ubl|class=nowrap| |'''Since 2023:''' |[[Multi-Party Charter]] (MPC) |'''2003β2006:''' |[[Conservative Party (South Africa)|KP]]β[[Afrikaner Eenheidsbeweging|AEB]]β[[Federal Alliance (South Africa)|FA]] }} | international = [[Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization|UNPO]] | colours = {{colorbox|{{party color|Freedom Front Plus}}|border=silver}} [[Orange (colour)|Orange]] {{colorbox|#008000|border=silver}} [[Green]] | slogan = ''Slaan Terug'' (Fight Back)<ref>{{cite news |date=10 May 2019 |title=Election's biggest little winners β FF+ Freedom Front Plus |url=https://mg.co.za/article/2019-05-10-elections-biggest-little-winners-ff/ |url-status=live |work=[[Mail & Guardian]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190710131252/https://mg.co.za/article/2019-05-10-elections-biggest-little-winners-ff/ |archive-date=10 July 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Haffajee |first1=Ferial |date=14 May 2019 |title=White anxiety and the rise of the Freedom Front Plus |url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2019-05-14-white-anxiety-and-the-rise-of-the-freedom-front-plus/ |url-status=live |work=Daily Maverick |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190724024157/https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2019-05-14-white-anxiety-and-the-rise-of-the-freedom-front-plus/ |archive-date=24 July 2019 }}</ref> | anthem = | seats1_title = [[National Assembly (South Africa)|National Assembly]] | seats1 = {{Composition bar|6|400|hex={{party color|Freedom Front Plus}}}} | seats2_title = [[National Council of Provinces]] | seats2 = {{Composition bar|2|90|hex={{party color|Freedom Front Plus}}}} | seats3_title = [[Provincial legislature (South Africa)|Provincial Legislatures]] | seats3 = {{Composition bar|9|487|hex={{party color|Freedom Front Plus}}}} | seats4_title = [[City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality|City of Tshwane]] | seats4 = {{Composition bar|17|214|hex={{party color|Freedom Front Plus}}}} | seats5_title = [[City of Cape Town|Cape Town City Council]] | seats5 = {{Composition bar|4|231|hex={{party colour|Freedom Front Plus}}}} | website = {{Official URL}} | country = South Africa }} The '''Freedom Front Plus''' ('''FF Plus''' or '''FF+'''; {{langx|af|Vryheidsfront Plus}}, ''VF Plus'') is a [[right-wing]] political party in [[South Africa]] that was formed (as the Freedom Front) in 1994. It is led by [[CornΓ© Mulder]]. Since 2024, it is a part of the current South African [[Third Cabinet of Cyril Ramaphosa|government of national unity]] together with the [[African National Congress]] (ANC), the [[Democratic Alliance (South Africa)|Democratic Alliance]] and other parties.
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