United Africans Transformation

The party was founded by Wonder Mahlatsi, a former African National Congress (ANC) member and businessman. The party was launched in November 2022 in Johannesburg.{{Cite web |date=2024-05-19 |title=Election manifesto resonates with our needs, aspirations: Supporters - SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader. |url=https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/941303-2/ |access-date=2024-06-02 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=leratoserero |date=2024-02-22 |title=UAT promises service delivery |url=https://www.citizen.co.za/sedibeng-ster/news/2024/02/22/uat-promises-services-delivery/ |access-date=2024-06-02 |website=Sedibeng Ster |language=en-US}} The UAT has been criticized for its lack of clear policies and its perceived opportunism in breaking away from the ANC. Some have also questioned the leadership style and the party's lack of transparency in its finances and decision-making processes.

In June 2024, president Cyril Ramaphosa stated that the UAT had joined the Government of National Unity (GNU), which was formed in the wake of the ANC losing its parliamentary majority for the first time in 30 years.{{cite web |title=All about Friday's deadline for South Africa to form a coalition and elect a president |url=https://www.africanews.com/2024/06/13/all-about-fridays-deadline-for-south-africa-to-form-a-coalition-and-elect-a-president/ |website=Africanews |date=13 June 2024 |access-date=15 July 2024}} The GNU aimed to include various political parties to ensure stable government where no party had an absolute majority.{{cite web |title=South African parties form unity government as presidential deadline looms |url=https://www.africanews.com/2024/06/13/south-african-parties-form-unity-government-as-presidential-deadline-looms/ |website=Africanews |date=13 June 2024 |access-date=15 July 2024}}

In July 2024, Mahlatsi remarked, "it took us by surprise to hear the President of the Republic announcing that the UAT is part of GNU," implying that formalities for it joining the GNU had not been concluded by the time the president announced that it had joined.{{cite web |title=UAT withdraws from GNU after not getting positions |url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-07-12-uat-withdraws-from-gnu-after-not-getting-positions/ |website=Daily Maverick |date=12 July 2024 |access-date=15 July 2024}}

In the same statement, Mahlatsi announced the UAT's withdrawal from the GNU due to allegations of exclusion from critical decision-making processes and bad faith negotiations, after it did not get any ministerial posts or chairperson positions in parliamentary committee portfolios. He expressed disappointment with the ANC, emphasizing the need for fair and inclusive coalition governance.

UAT has a central committee led by Mahlatsi as the president, with a secretary-general and other office bearers. The party has a small presence in a few provinces, with most of its support coming from the Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal provinces. The UAT has not articulated a clear foreign policy but has expressed support for African unity and solidarity with other African nations. The UAT's ideology is centered around Africanism, pan-Africanism, and socialism. Its policies focus on economic empowerment, land reform, and social justice.{{Cite web |date=2024-05-12 |title=UAT promises land expropriation without compensation - SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader. |url=https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/939284-2/ |access-date=2024-06-02 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Tlhoaele |first=Kgalalelo |title=Tau roars with new political party |url=https://www.snl24.com/dailysun/news/tau-roars-with-new-political-party-20230117 |access-date=2024-06-02 |website=Daily Sun |language=en-US}}https://www.iol.co.za/the-star/news/stares-as-faithful-members-of-the-united-africans-transformation-picket-outside-palm-ridge-court-7b67f766-1975-4923-889d-9493aa907e4f

The UAT has contested local government elections in 2019 and national elections in 2024. In the 2024 General Election, the party won 1 seat in the National Assembly and 1 seat in the Limpopo Provincial Legislature.

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! 2024

| Wonder Mahlatsi

| 35,679

| 0.22%{{efn|From 2024, seats in the National Assembly are determined by a combination of the national ballot, and the nine regional ballots. Only the national ballot figures are shown here.}}

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! colspan=2 | Eastern Cape

! colspan=2 | Free State

! colspan=2 | Gauteng

! colspan=2 | Kwazulu-Natal

! colspan=2 | Limpopo

! colspan=2 | Mpumalanga

! colspan=2 | North-West

! colspan=2 | Northern Cape

! colspan=2 | Western Cape

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| 0.17 || 0/30

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| 0.82 || 1/64

| 0.48 || 0/51

| 0.54 || 0/38

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