Pro-death Penalty Party (South Africa)

Pro-Death Penalty Party
Founded2004

The Pro-Death Penalty Party was a minor South African political party formed around the single issue[1] of restoring the death penalty, abolished in South Africa in 1995.[2][3]

The party contested for the Gauteng legislature in the 2004 elections, earning 0.05% of the vote and failing to win a seat.

The party did not contest any further elections.

  1. ^ "'It's now time for the people to speak'". Mail and Guardian. 14 April 2004. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  2. ^ French, Howard (7 June 1995). "South Africa's Supreme Court Abolishes Death Penalty". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
  3. ^ South Africa: Constitutional Court (6 June 1995). "S v Makwanyane and Another (CCT3/94) (1995) ZACC 3; 1995 (6) BCLR 665; 1995 (3) SA 391; (1996) 2 CHRLD 164; 1995 (2) SACR 1". Southern African Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 4 December 2012. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)