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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
