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Independent Democrats (South Africa)

ID

Independent Democrats

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Independent Democrats (ID) flag

The Independent Democrats (ID) were formed by former Pan Africanist Congress member Patricia de Lille in 2003 via floor crossing legislation. The party's platform is basically populist and anti-corruption, with a mixture of right-liberal proposals and left-wing sensibilities. Ahead of the national elections this year, the ID has launched a manifesto promising that, if elected to power, they would increase the size of the South African Police Service to 200,000, enlist 5,000 caseworkers to operate in crime-stricken communities, make South Africa a leader in renewable energy and finance a minimum social grant by taxing luxury goods, tobacco and alcohol. In addition they vowed that an "ID government would fire a minister whose department received a qualified audit two years in a row."

The flag of the party is white with its logo in the centre. The party logo comprises its initials in white against a orange/tan oval with the name of the party in full beneath - "independent" being in lower case in black and "DEMOCRATS" being in upper case in orange/tan. There is a black dot above the "I".
Bruce Berry, 20 Apr 2009

There is a new party in South Africa. The social democratic Independent Democrats is led by Patricia De Lille and flies their logo on a white flag as can be seen on their website.
Gary Selikow, 19 Dec 2003