This Day in History: 9 April 2005
At midnight on the evening of the final certification of results of the 2006 local government elections, the federal council of the New National Party agreed to disband the party. Of the13 members of the council, eight voted in favour of the motion, two disagreed and three abstained. The council decided to join the African National Congress (ANC) and fight all future elections under the banner of the ANC.