The People's Progressive Party (PPP) is banned

Updated: 22 Aug 2019

The People's Progressive Party (PPP) is banned

The one-year-old parliamentary opposition People Progressive Party (PPP) under the leadership of the former African National Congress (ANC) member Rocky Malebane-Metsing, was banned in Bophuthatswana by President Lucas Mangope. He announced his banning order immediately after the aborted coup attempt by the PPP. Mangope announced that in terms of the 1979 Internal Security Act the PPP was engaged in illegal activities that would endanger the public safety.

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South African History Online. (2019, August 22). The People's Progressive Party (PPP) is banned. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0148960

South African History Online (2019) 'The People's Progressive Party (PPP) is banned', South African History Online, 22 August. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0148960 (Accessed: 26 July 2026).

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"The People's Progressive Party (PPP) is banned." South African History Online, 22 Aug. 2019, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0148960. Accessed 26 July 2026.

South African History Online. "The People's Progressive Party (PPP) is banned." South African History Online. August 22, 2019. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0148960.