Black Land First has officially been deregistered as a political party in South Africa.
The deregistration of the party comes after it was found that they had contravened Section 16(1) (c) of the Electoral Commission Act which states that the IEC may not register a political party, which indicates that persons will not be admitted to membership of the party or welcomed as supporters of the party on the grounds of their race, ethnic origin or colour.
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has on Tuesday welcomed the deregistration of the Black Land First (BLF) movement as a political party.
DA principal representative of the party liaison committee on the IEC, Mike Moriarty, said since its inception the BLF has caused division among South Africans as its constitution stated that only black people can be members of the party.
He said the Electoral Act was clear that incitement to violence and stoking of racial hatred is prohibited.
The Party was officially deregistered after BLF lost their appeal at the Constitutional Court.
The Freedom Front Plus who initially took this matter to Court described the deregistration of BLF as a victory for all South Africans.
BLF received less than 20 000 votes in the 2019 General Elections.
The organisation took to Twitter shortly after the decision.
"We expected this outcome. BLF will be holding a Special Policy Conference on the 30th of November in Durban to chart way forward."
