Compatriots of South Africa
{{short description|Political party in South Africa}}
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| founder = Cheslin Felix
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| website = {{URL|https://compatriotsofsouthafrica.com}}
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Compatriots of South Africa (CSA) is a South African political party that focuses its efforts on Coloured South Africans, titling its manifesto "The Manifesto for the Forgotten People of South Africa".{{Cite web |url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2019-03-22-the-crib-sheet-to-the-political-parties-contesting-the-2019-polls-part-one/ |title=2019 ELECTIONS: The crib-sheet to the political parties contesting the 2019 polls, Part One |last=Davis |first=Rebecca |website=Daily Maverick |language=en |access-date=2019-04-18}}
The party is supportive of land expropriation without compensation for the descendants of the "Khoi, San, Griqua and Bushmen".{{Cite web |url=https://www.heraldlive.co.za/news/politics/2019-04-01-party-stands-for-forgotten-people/ |title=New party stands for 'forgotten people |website=HeraldLIVE |language=en-ZA |access-date=2019-04-19}}
CSA contested the 2019 general election at national level only, failing to win a seat.
The party contested a number of wards in the 2021 local government elections, winning one seat in the Dr Beyers Naudé Local Municipality.
Election results
=National elections=
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! 2019
| 3,406
| 0.02%
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