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The African National Congress (ANC), formerly the South African Native National Congress, was formed in January 1912 in Bloemfontein under the leadership of John Langalibalele Dube.
Prior to its formation, Pixley ka Isaka Seme, in 1911 called on Africans to forget the differences of the past and unite together in one national organisation. He said: “We are one people. These divisions, these jealousies, are the cause of all our woes today.”
Its primary mission was then to bring all Africans together as one people to defend their rights and freedoms.
Through the rallying call Amandla ngawethu or Matla ke arona meaning ‘power to the people’, the party reflected the central demand of the Freedom Charter that the people shall govern.
In the 1940s, the ANC Youth League was formed. Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu and Oliver Tambo were among the young leaders of the Youth League with their ideas on African nationalism.
In the 1950s, there were more Defiance Campaigns against apartheid laws. By June 1955, the Freedom Charter was adopted at the Congress of the People at Kliptown.
In February 1990, the apartheid government unbanned the ANC and released Nelson Mandela and other political prisoners. The ANC was able to openly recruit members and establish regional structures.
The social democratic party has been in power since 1994 after the first democratic elections in South Africa. It has won every election in post-apartheid South Africa.
It is supported by its tripartite alliance with the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu), the South African Communist Party (SACP) and the South African National Civics Organisation (Sanco).
Since 1994, the party has had 4 presidents and won all general elections comfortably above 60%, except in 2019 where the party scored 57.5%.
At the municipal level in 2016, the ANC only secured 55.7% of the votes, 6.2% less than its 2011 performance.
Cyril Ramaphosa has been the party’s president since December 2017.
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