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Progressive Federal Party

British  

noun

  1. a political party, formed in 1977 by a merger between the Progressive Party and members of the United Party, supporting qualified franchise for all South Africans irrespective of race, colour, or creed See also National Party United Party

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He then became involved in the Progressive Party, which merged with other groups to become the Progressive Federal Party in 1977.

From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2013

Colin Eglin, leader of the Progressive Federal Party, sounded almost as angry as Vorster when he denounced President Carter's firm policy toward South Africa as "appalling."

From Time Magazine Archive

The opposition Progressive Federal Party, a bastion of South Africa's English-speaking white minority, attracted enough support at the polls from liberal Afrikaners to increase its parliamentary strength by nine, to 26.

From Time Magazine Archive

He and his strategists would like to win enough seats to replace the moderate Progressive Federal Party as the official opposition.

From Time Magazine Archive

Aligned with Treurnicht were such staunch anti-apartheid warriors as Helen Suzman, a member of parliament from the opposition Progressive Federal Party, who declared that the proposed constitution "safeguards apartheid and not the future."

From Time Magazine Archive

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