Editing Independent Democrats (section)

{{other uses|Independent Democrats (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox political party
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|logo               = Independent Democrats logo.svg
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|president          = [[Patricia de Lille]]
|secretary_general  = [[Haniff Hoosen]]
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|founder            = Patricia de Lille
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|leader1_name       = [[Mervyn Cirota]]
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|slogan             = ''Be a Part of the Solution''
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|dissolved          = 2014 <!-- {{End date|df=yes|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
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|merged             = [[Democratic Alliance (South Africa)|Democratic Alliance]]
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|headquarters       = [[Cape Town]], [[Western Cape]]
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|youth_wing         = Young Independent Democrats
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|ideology           = [[Social liberalism]]<br />[[Populism]]
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{{Politics of South Africa}}
The '''Independent Democrats''' (ID) was a South African political party, formed by former [[Pan Africanist Congress]] member [[Patricia de Lille]] in 2003 via [[Floor crossing (South Africa)|floor crossing legislation]].<ref name="idasa2004">{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.idasa.org.za/gbOutputFiles.asp?WriteContent=Y&RID=480
 |title       = Floor Crossing at a Glance (pdf)
 |publisher   = Idasa
 |date        = 2004-06-21
 |access-date  = 2006-12-12
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20070228020435/http://www.idasa.org.za/gbOutputFiles.asp?WriteContent=Y&RID=480
 |archive-date = 28 February 2007
}}</ref> The party's platform was premised on opposition to corruption, with a mixture of liberal principles and strategies for improving equity.{{Citation needed|date=October 2013}} The party's strongholds were the Northern and Western Cape.

On 15 August 2010, the party announced plans to merge with the larger [[Democratic Alliance (South Africa)|Democratic Alliance]] as part of a plan to challenge the governing [[African National Congress]] (ANC).<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-10981635], Andrew Harding, 15 August 2010, "South African opposition parties to merge"</ref> The party disbanded as a separate political organization in 2014.