Labour Party (South Africa)

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South African Labour Party Suid-Afrikaanse Arbeidersparty (Afrikaans)
General secretaries	Frederic Creswell Walter Madeley
Founded	1910 (1910)
Dissolved	1958 (1958)
Headquarters	Bloemfontein
Ideology	Social democracy Democratic socialism White workers' interests
Political position	Economic/Fiscal: Left-wing Cultural/Social: Right-wing
Colours	Red
Politics of South Africa Political parties Elections

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The South African Labour Party^[1] (Afrikaans: Suid-Afrikaanse Arbeidersparty), was a South African political party formed in March 1910 in the newly created Union of South Africa following discussions between trade unions, the Transvaal Independent Labour Party, and the Natal Labour Party.^[2] It was a professedly democratic socialist party representing the interests of the white working class.^[3]

The party received support mostly from urban white workers and for most of its existence sought to protect them from competition from black and other non-white workers.^[4]