National Democratic Convention (South Africa)

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The National Democratic Convention (Nadeco) is a South African political party formed in August, 2005 by Ziba Jiyane, the former Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) chairperson. In September 2005 the provincial African Christian Democratic Party leader and MP Reverend Hawu Mbatha joined Nadeco.

Ziba Jiyane left the IFP after a public feud with IFP President Mangosuthu Buthelezi over the direction of the IFP. Jiyane claimed that the IFP was not adequately democratic. Jiyane was suspended by the IFP leadership and resigned, forming Nadeco.

Nadeco is essentially a political voice for right wing Christians who subscribe to the extreme agendas of Dominion Theology. This article from a Right wing South African paper prooves the point:http://www.news24.com/Die_Volksblad/Nuus/0,8523,5-83_2086748,00.html It reports the Nadeco conference of 18 March 2007 in Cape Town on crime in South Africa. The aim was to try and influence opinion that crime is not related to the catastrophic socio-economic conditions in South Africa because of Apartheid, but rather because of moral decay, and lack of biblical teachings in schools. There were also widespread calls for the death penalty, which is unconstitutional in South Africa.