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The Breede Valley Independent Party or as it is better known by its Afrikaans name, the Breedevallei Onafhanklik (BO) is a local South African political party, in opposition to the governing Democratic Alliance (DA) in the Breede Valley Municipality.

The party leader is Colin Fredrick Wilskut, who succeeded Piet Hermanis, the former party leader on 27th April 2006. The BO garnered 8.5 percent of the vote in the last local government election in 2016 which gave the party four proportional representative (PR) seats in the Breede Valley Council, which has a total of 41 council seats. The BO are represented in council by Councillor Colin Wilskut, Alderman Ceraj Ismail, Councillor Nik Wullschleger and Councillor Nizam Ismail.

The BO Party was founded on the 6th September 2000 by a group of concerned citizens, namely XYZ. The BO party is broadly progressive, covering centre-left policies. The BO Party's motto is "For the Community, By the Community" or in Afrikaans "Uit die Gemeenskap, Vir die Gemeenskap". The party logo are the bold letters BO on a yellow oval set in a red rectangle.

The BO Party constitution describes the following objectives:

- to act as an independent mouth piece in the interests of the inhabitants of the Breede Valley with regards to local governance as well as community issues,

- to monitor, investigate, assess and if necessary to develop motions on the policy and general activities in the second and third tier government sphere,

- to enhance and promote racial harmony and contact between all inhabitants of the municipal area,

- to develop mechanisms to improve general standards of living, especially those communities that were historically disadvantaged,

- to participate in local government elections,

- to strive for the upliftment of all communities in the Breede Valley with respect to employment, housing, skills development and youth development, and

- to respect diversity in society.

The BO's mission is to implement and improve municipal service delivery, as described in South African legislation on local government, and thereby help uplift all inhabitants within the Breede Valley. The party is managed by community members who are democratically elected from ward branches. The BO membership is open to all South Africans, irrespective of race, colour, sex or religion.