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[1] [2] Attended by 4,426 voting delegates, [3] the conference elected the party's 87-member National Executive Committee, including the top officials – for the first time referred to as the "Top Seven," rather than the "Top Six," following an amendment to the party's constitution to introduce a second deputy secretary-general position ...
Participants at the Democratic Alliance conference also highlighted South Africa's unemployment rate of over 32%, with the party promising to create at least 2 million new jobs if it prevails in ...
The African National Congress (ANC) is a political party in South Africa. It originated as a liberation movement known for its opposition to apartheid and has governed the country since 1994, when the first post-apartheid election resulted in Nelson Mandela being elected as President of South Africa .
The National Conference of the African National Congress is a party congress that is held every five years. It elects members to the National Executive Committee, the party's highest decision-making body, as well as the "Top Six" leaders of the National Executive. The next national conference, the ANC's 56th, will be held in December 2027. [1]
A South African general election was held on 29 May 2024 to elect the 28th Parliament of South Africa. [1] [2] Support for the incumbent governing party, the African National Congress (ANC), significantly declined in the election; the ANC remained the largest party but lost its majority in the National Assembly for the first time since the inaugural post-apartheid election in 1994. [3]
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On 20 December 2022, voting delegates voted for the additional members of the National Executive Committee. [5] The following day, the chairperson of the ANC's electoral committee Kgalema Motlanthe released the names of the 80 new additional members.
The African National Congress Veterans' League, African National Congress Women's League and the African National Congress Youth League each appoint one representative to serve on the NWC. The party requires at least 50% of the NWC members to be women.