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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.
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 .
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.
Members were elected during the elections of 27 April 1994, South Africa's first under universal suffrage, and served until the elections of 2 June 1999. The African National Congress (ANC) won a comfortable majority of 252 seats in the 400-seat legislature. The former governing party, the National Party (NP), became the official opposition. [1]
The 26th Parliament of South Africa sat between 2014 and 2019. [1] Members of the National Assembly were elected during the elections of 7 May 2014 . In the elections, the African National Congress (ANC) retained a diminished majority, winning 249 seats in the 400-seat legislature. [ 2 ]
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.
African National Congress This article lists the members of the National Assembly of South Africa during the 25th South African Parliament , which sat between 2009 and 2014. Members were sworn in on 6 May 2009 during the first sitting of the National Assembly after the election on 22 April 2009 .
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 ...