Ubuntu Party

{{short description|Political party in South Africa}}

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| name = Ubuntu Party

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| leader = Michael Tellinger

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| foundation = 2012

| dissolved = {{circa}} 2020

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| ideology = Ubuntu

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| website = [http://www.ubuntuparty.org.za www.ubuntuparty.org.za]

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The Ubuntu Party was a minor South African political party founded in 2012 by author and songwriter Michael Tellinger.{{cite web|url=http://www.ubuntuparty.org.za/p/about.html|title=About}} Based on the principles of Ubuntu Contributionism, the party espouses Tellinger's pseudolegal ideas.{{Cite journal |last=Netolitzky |first=Donald J. |date=3 May 2018 | url = https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3177472|title=A Pathogen Astride the Minds of Men: The Epidemiological History of Pseudolaw|publisher=Centre d’expertise et de formation sur les intégrismes religieux et la radicalisation (CEFIR) |ssrn=3177472 |access-date=January 24, 2022}}

The party aimed to introduce 100% employment by closing down the South African Reserve Bank and replacing it with a people's bank that will grant interest-free home-loans, fund massive public works, and provide free electricity as Eskom, the state-owned electricity utility, is owned by the people of South Africa.{{cite web|url=http://www.ubuntuparty.org.za/2014/04/free-electricity-for-people-ubuntu-party.html|title=FREE Electricity For The People - UBUNTU Party|first=Michael|last=Tellinger}} They also plan to eliminate the necessity for government altogether.

The party took part in the 2014 General Election at a national level. Second on their list of candidates was Stephen Goodson,{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.org.za/content/Elections/Candidate-lists/Parties-contesting-the-2014-National-and-Provincial-Elections/|title=Electoral Commission : Parties contesting the 2014 National and Provincial Elections|website=www.elections.org.za}}[http://www.sabc.co.za/news/f1/d14a5a00434fb53f9281ff0bfd5d3b76/Ubuntu-Party-%28UBUNTU%29-20140318 Ubuntu Party (UBUNTU)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924115112/http://www.sabc.co.za/news/f1/d14a5a00434fb53f9281ff0bfd5d3b76/Ubuntu-Party-%28UBUNTU%29-20140318 |date=2015-09-24 }}, South African Broadcasting Corporation, January 18, 2014. leader of the Abolition of Income Tax and Usury Party, a former director of the South African Reserve Bank and controversial for his holocaust denial.[http://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/reserve-bank-director-s-comments-draw-fire-1.1281995 Reserve Bank director’s comments draw fire] by Zara Nicholson, Independent Online, April 23, 2012.

In a 2020 social media post, the party noted it was no longer active in politics and had not contested an election since 2016.{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fubuntupartysouthafrica%2Fposts%2F3334637879976997 |title=Please note that the UBUNTU Party is no longer active in politics |author= |date=1 August 2020 |website= Facebook|publisher= |access-date= |quote=}}