The Christian Democratic Action for Social Justice was a political party

Political party

A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...

 in Namibia

Namibia

Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia , is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March...

.

It was founded in 1982 through a split in the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance. The party's president was Peter Kalangula

Peter Kalangula

Peter Tanyangenge Kalangula was a Namibian political and religious leader.-Biography:Peter Kalangula was born at Omafo in Ohangwena Region, Ovamboland on 12 March, 1926 and after studying at St Mary's School, Odibo trained as a teacher through correspondence. In 1966 he began theological studies...

, previously the president of Namibian National Democratic Party

National Democratic Party (Namibia)

The National Democratic Party was a political party in Namibia. It was formed in 1973 as the Ovamboland Independence Party by Silas Ipumbu. It took the name NDP to contest the elections to the Ovambo Legislative Assembly. The party's base was amongst the Ovambo people....

 and the Ovambo leader in the DTA.

The party's membership was mainly Ovambo, formed by former supporters of the NNDP, and managed to get control over the Ovambo Legislative Assembly.

See also

• List of political parties in Namibia