Xiluva

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| colorcode = Orange

| leader =

| president = Bongani Baloyi

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| founder = Bongani Baloyi

| founded = {{start date and age|2023|03|30}}

| split = ActionSA

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| ideology = Communitarianism

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| website = {{URL|xiluva.org.za}}

| country = South Africa

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Xiluva (from the Tsonga word meaning "flower") is a South African political party launched in March 2023 by former ActionSA Gauteng provincial chairperson, and former Executive Mayor of the Midvaal Local Municipality for the Democratic Alliance, Bongani Baloyi.

Formation

On 13 March 2023, Bongani Baloyi, who had been the provincial chairperson of ActionSA in Gauteng since May 2022, resigned from the party, after he had a fallout with party president Herman Mashaba over Mashaba's intention to remove him as provincial chairperson and appoint him as national spokesperson.{{Cite news|date=2023-03-13 |title=Bongani Baloyi resigns from ActionSA - eNCA |url=https://www.enca.com/news/bongani-baloyi-resigns-actionsa |access-date=2023-09-04 |website=www.enca.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Khumalo |first=Juniour |title=UPDATE {{!}} Bongani Baloyi ditches ActionSA citing trust issues with Mashaba |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/politics/political-parties/bongani-baloyi-ditches-actionsa-citing-trust-issues-with-mashaba-20230313 |access-date=2023-09-04 |website=News24 |language=en-US}} Baloyi, then together with former ActionSA caucus leader in the Ekurhuleni, Tlhogi Moseki, announced the formation of Xiluva, which translates to "flower" in Xitsonga, at a press briefing in Johannesburg on 30 March 2023.{{Cite web |date=2023-03-30 |title=Bongani Baloyi forms his own political party Xiluva |url=https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/bongani-baloyi-forms-his-own-political-party-xiluva/ |access-date=2023-09-04 |website=SABC News |language=en-US}} Baloyi said that the party was founded on the principles of ubuntu, multiracialism and family values and aims to attract people between the ages of 18 and 48.{{Cite web |last=Ditabo |first=Malaika |title=Ex-ActionSA Gauteng chairperson Bongani Baloyi launches new party |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/politics/political-parties/ex-actionsa-gauteng-chairperson-bongani-baloyi-launches-new-party-20230330 |access-date=2023-09-04 |website=News24 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Lekabe |first=Thapelo |date=2023-03-30 |title=Bongani Baloyi set to start a new political party called Xiluva |url=https://www.citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/politics/bongani-baloyi-start-new-political-party-march-2023/ |access-date=2023-09-04 |website=The Citizen |language=en}}

The party was officially registered with Independent Electoral Commission of South Africa in July 2023, and Baloyi said that the party intends on contesting the 2024 national and provincial elections.{{Cite web |last=Ditabo |first=Malaika |title=Xiluva will be on the 2024 ballot, says Bongani Baloyi |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/politics/political-parties/xiluva-will-be-on-the-2024-ballot-says-bongani-baloyi-20230709 |access-date=2023-09-04 |website=News24 |language=en-US}} In late-July 2023, Moseki, who had been serving as the party's national chairperson, resigned from the party after he had a fallout with Baloyi and joined Abel Tau's The Transformation Alliance party.{{Cite web |title=Xiluva's Baloyi details fallout with Moseki, who claims party boss is an 'ANC stooge' |url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2023-08-01-xiluvas-baloyi-details-fallout-with-moseki-who-claims-party-boss-is-an-anc-stooge/ |access-date=2023-09-04 |website=TimesLIVE |language=en-ZA}}

Election results

= National Assembly elections =

! Election

! Party leader

! Total votes

! Share of vote

! Seats

! +/–

! Government

! 2024

| Bongani Baloyi

| 2,592

| 0.02%{{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.}}

| {{Composition bar|0|400|hex={{party color|Xiluva}}}}

| New

|{{no|Extra-parliamentary}}

=Provincial elections=

! rowspan=2 | Election{{Cite web |title=NPE Results Dashboard 2024 |url=https://results.elections.org.za/dashboards/npe/ |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=results.elections.org.za}}

! colspan=2 | Gauteng

! % !! Seats

! 2024

| 0.02% || 0/80

Deregistration

The party failed to win any seats in the 2024 South African general election. In September 2024, Baloyi announced that he was joining MK and that he would be deregistering Xiluva.{{Cite web |url=https://www.msn.com/en-za/news/other/bongani-baloyi-becomes-a-member-of-the-mk-party/ar-AA1q2Wcz |title=Bongani Baloyi becomes a member of the MK Party|access-date=2024-09-06 |website=www.msn.com}}

References

Category:2023 establishments in South Africa

Category:Political parties established in 2023

Category:Political parties in South Africa