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This is a list of political parties in South Africa. For most of its history, South Africa has been a democratic but one-party dominant state with the African National Congress (ANC) as the governing party, though this has waned as of 2024.
From the heavyweight ANC to the little-known Rize Mzansi, we give you a roadmap to the political parties contesting for power in South Africa’s elections. At 112 years old, the African National Congress (ANC) is Africa’s oldest political party.
Since the end of apartheid in 1994, the African National Congress (ANC) has dominated South Africa's politics. The ANC is the ruling party in the national legislature, as well as in most provinces. The ANC received 40.18% of the vote during the 2024 general election.
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South Africa has a vibrant multiparty political system, with 13 parties represented in the National Assembly of Parliament. A sitting of elected representatives from South Africa’s political parties, as elected by the people, at Parliament in Cape Town.
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South Africa follows a proportional voting system where parties and candidates compete for 400 seats in the parliament known as the National Assembly. For the first time, independent candidates...
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Polls suggest South Africa faces a historic turning point in a national election in May. The ruling African National Congress could lose its majority for the first time having transformed from a liberation movement to a governing party at the end of apartheid in 1994.