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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 apartheid system in South Africa was ended through a series of bilateral and multi-party negotiations between 1990 and 1993. The negotiations culminated in the passage of a new interim Constitution in 1993, a precursor to the Constitution of 1996; and in South Africa's first non-racial elections in 1994, won by the African National Congress (ANC) liberation movement.
In December 2022, President Cyril Ramaphosa was re-elected as the ANC's leader in the 55th National Conference of the African National Congress. [143] On 7 September 2023, uMkhonto Wesizwe party (MK), named after the former armed wing of the ANC, was registered. The new party was launched in Soweto on 16 December 2023.
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — For years, the African National Congress rose above politics in South Africa. It was a movement dedicated to freeing Black people from the oppression of white ...
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South Africans will vote on Wednesday with widespread anger over power cuts, joblessness and corruption threatening to end the dominance of the African National Congress ...
South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) swept to power in 1994 on a pledge to “build a better life for all,” winning almost 63% of the vote in the country’s first democratic ...
Although he had friends who held connections to the African National Congress (ANC) who wanted South Africa to be independent of the British Empire, Mandela avoided any involvement with the nascent movement, [37] and became a vocal supporter of the British war effort when the Second World War broke out. [38]
For three decades, power in South Africa has had a three-letter name: the ANC, or the African National Congress.The political party once led by Nelson Mandela has been a powerful symbol of ...