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The 1914 South African Native National Congress delegation to Britain (L-R: Walter Rubusana, Thomas Mapikela, Saul Msane, John Dube, and Sol Plaatje). The African National Congress (ANC) has been the governing party of the Republic of South Africa since 1994.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 5 December 2024. Political party in South Africa "ANC" redirects here. For other uses, see ANC (disambiguation). For the defunct political party in Trinidad and Tobago, see African National Congress (Trinidad and Tobago). African National Congress Abbreviation ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa Secretary ...
The 22nd Parliament of the Republic of South Africa was elected in the elections of 27 April 1994; it was the first parliament in South Africa's history to be elected by voters of all races. Nelson Mandela 's African National Congress formed a government of national unity with F. W. de Klerk 's National Party and Mangosuthu Buthelezi 's Inkatha ...
Nelson Mandela casts his vote in the 1994 election. Following the election of 27 April 1994, Nelson Mandela was sworn in as President of South Africa. The Government of National Unity was established; its cabinet made up of twelve African National Congress representatives, six from the National Party, and three from the Inkatha Freedom Party.
A seat in the National Assembly becomes vacant if the member dies, resigns, ceases to be eligible, ceases to be a member of the party that nominated them, or is elected to the office of President of South Africa. The vacancy is filled from the same party list as the former member.
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. The Democratic Alliance (DA) governs the Western Cape Province and a number of municipalities , some in coalitions with smaller parties.
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.Its nine provinces are bounded to the south by 2,798 kilometres (1,739 miles) of coastline that stretches along the South Atlantic and Indian Ocean; [14] [15] [16] to the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe; to the east and northeast by Mozambique and Eswatini ...
African National Congress: 2 Thabo Mbeki (1942–) 16 June 1999 24 September 2008 (resigned) 9 years, 100 days: African National Congress: 3 Kgalema Motlanthe (1949–) 25 September 2008 9 May 2009 226 days: African National Congress: 4 Jacob Zuma (1942–) 9 May 2009 14 February 2018 (resigned) 8 years, 264 days: African National Congress: 5 ...