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The African National Congress was the ruling party in parliament going into the 2009 elections, having won 69.69% of the vote at the 2004 elections. During its term in office a number of internal changes occurred, the primary one being the election of Jacob Zuma to the party presidency ahead of Thabo Mbeki at the 52nd National Conference of the African National Congress held on 18 December ...
An indirect presidential election was held in South Africa on 6 May 2009 following the general election on 22 April 2009. Jacob Zuma of the ruling African National Congress won the election with 277 votes (13 more than the number of seats held by the ANC), while Mvume Dandala of the Congress of the People got 47 votes.
25 – The Independent Electoral Commission publishes the elections results. The ANC won 65.9% of the vote, The DA won 16.66%. [13] May. 6 – Jacob Zuma is elected president in the South African presidential election. June. 14 to 28 – The 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup takes place in South Africa and is won by Brazil, with the United States as ...
The African National Congress party lost its majority in a historic election result Saturday that puts South Africa on a new political path for the first time since the end of the apartheid system ...
Partial results in South Africa's national election put the long-ruling African National Congress at below 50% of the vote as counting continued Thursday, raising the possibility that it might ...
The African National Congress retained majorities in the National Assembly of South Africa & National Council of Provinces as well as in eight of the nine provincial legislatures, but lost control of the Western Cape. Members are elected using party-list proportional representation. [1]
South Africans celebrate their “Freedom Day” every April 27, when they remember their country's pivotal first democratic election in 1994 that announced the official end of the racial ...
The 25th South African Parliament was the fourth Parliament of South Africa to convene since the introduction of non-racial government in South Africa in 1994. It was elected in the general election of 22 April 2009 , and first met on 6 May of that year to elect Jacob Zuma as the fourth President of South Africa .