Cape Republic

The Cape Independence Party (CAPEXIT), previously called the Cape Party, is a political party in South Africa which seeks to use all constitutional and legal means to bring about Cape Independence, which includes the entire Western Cape, Northern Cape (excluding two districts),[3] six municipalities in the Eastern Cape, and one municipality in the Free State.[4] The area includes all municipalities in those provinces with an Afrikaans-speaking majority. In 2009, it had a membership of approximately 1,000 people across South Africa which has grown to over 10,000 by 2017.[5][6]

In a recent publication of the Bolander newspaper, the legal executive of the Cape Party Advocate Carlo Viljoen claimed that Cape Party has supporters from all sectors of the Kaaplander society and that the Cape party has grown by more than 10,000 in 2018 alone.[7]

It is registered with the Independent Electoral Commission and was on the provincial ballot of the Western Cape in the South African general elections of 2009,[8] where it received 2,552 votes.[9] It stood again for the municipal elections in 2016,[10] where it received 4,473 votes. In the elections of 2019, it received 9,331 votes.