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The ANC (African National Congress) is South Africa's governing political party and a liberation movement that has dominated the country's politics since the end of apartheid in 1994. Founded in 1912, it is one of the oldest political organisations on the African continent. The party led the struggle against apartheid under leaders including Nelson Mandela, Oliver Tambo and Walter Sisulu, and was unbanned in 1990 after decades of prohibition. The ANC won South Africa's first democratic elections in 1994 with Mandela as president, and has retained national government control in every subsequent election, though with declining majorities. The party's ideology is rooted in the Freedom Charter adopted in 1955, which calls for a nonracial, democratic South Africa with nationalisation of key industries, though economic policy has evolved significantly since 1994. The ANC is structured as a broad church that includes internal factions ranging from pro-business moderates to leftist elements aligned with the South African Communist Party and trade union federation Cosatu, which together form the Tripartite Alliance. In recent years the party has faced declining electoral support, internal divisions, and sustained criticism over corruption, service delivery failures and high unemployment. In the 2024 national elections, the ANC lost its parliamentary majority for the first time, securing just over 40% of the vote and entering into a Government of National Unity with the DA and other parties. The party's headquarters are at Luthuli House in Johannesburg, and it publishes the journal ANC Today.

ANC Updates


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DA requests IEC investigation over ANC-Russia ‘disinformation network’
Updated 5 hours ago By: Thabi Shomolekae

The DA has formally requested that the Independent Electoral Commission launch an immediate investigation into ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula and his adviser Bongani Mbindwane. This... 


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ANC backs impeachment panel, defends Speaker amid GNU friction
3rd June 2026 By: Thabi Shomolekae

The ANC parliamentary caucus has formally welcomed the establishment of the Section 89 Impeachment Committee, expressing full confidence that the multiparty panel will execute its duties with... 


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Liam Jacobs apologises for ‘disgraced departure’ from DA, slams 'ANC cheerleader' PA
2nd June 2026 By: Thabi Shomolekae

In a political turnaround, former PA member Liam Jacobs has officially returned to the DA, issuing a public apology on Tuesday for his "distasteful" and "disgraceful" departure from the official... 


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ANCWL President Sisisi Tolashe steps down amid disciplinary actions
1st June 2026 By: Thabi Shomolekae

The national executive committee of the African National Congress Women’s League has unanimously decided that its President Sisisi Tolashe, must take a leave of absence. This decision allows... 


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Malema slams ANC-DA coalition as a ‘betrayal of working class’
29th May 2026 By: Thabi Shomolekae

EFF leader Julius Malema has launched a scathing critique against the ANC, accusing the yellow party of deep political insecurity and a betrayal of the working class through its coalition with the... 


SACP Conference of the Left Steering Committee
MKP joins SACP’s 'Conference of the Left' amid ANC abstinence
29th May 2026 By: Thabi Shomolekae

The MKP has confirmed it will attend the South African Communist Party’s Conference of the Left on Friday, this as alliance partner of the SACP, the ANC, said it would not attend. The alliance... 


President Cyril Ramaphosa
Phala Phala impeachment committee to meet on Monday
28th May 2026 By: Reuters

South Africa's parliament has scheduled for Monday a meeting of an impeachment committee that will further probe allegations surrounding President Cyril Ramaphosa's "Farmgate" scandal, the... 


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ANC condemns anti-immigrant vigilantism, validates S African frustrations over unlawful migration
26th May 2026 By: Thabi Shomolekae

The African National Congress has come out strongly against vigilante groups targeting foreign nationals, warning that acts of intimidation violate South Africa's strict new hate crime laws.... 


President Cyril Ramaphosa
Ramaphosa challenges panel report on cash-in-sofa scandal in court
26th May 2026 By: Reuters

President Cyril Ramaphosa has filed a legal challenge against a panel report that found he may have committed misconduct in a scandal in which bundles of cash were stolen from a sofa on his farm,... 


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Risks to reform
22nd May 2026 By: Terence Creamer

The economic reform agenda has emerged as the defining feature of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s presidency, especially the reforms under way to open the electricity and freight logistics markets to... 


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SA needs real jobs, not more investment conferences – Geordin Hill-Lewis
21st May 2026 By: Thabi Shomolekae

Democratic Alliance leader Geordin Hill-Lewis says South Africa’s deepening unemployment crisis demands a sense of urgency and structural reforms, not just investment conferences. President Cyril... 


President Cyril Ramaphosa
DA announces Impeachment Committee team
15th May 2026 By: Thabi Shomolekae

Following the recent Constitutional Court judgment and the subsequent move to establish a Section 89 Impeachment Committee, the Democratic Alliance (DA) has formally submitted the names of those... 


ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula
ANC rallies behind Ramaphosa, backs High Court review of Phala Phala report
15th May 2026 By: Thabi Shomolekae

The African National Congress has moved to shut down speculation regarding President Cyril Ramaphosa’s future, with secretary-general Fikile Mbalula clarifying on Friday that the ANC’s National... 


Minister of Social Development Sisisi Tolashe
Ramaphosa fires Social Development Minister
14th May 2026 By: Sashnee Moodley

President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday dismissed Sisisi Tolashe as Minister of Social Development, after widespread calls for her removal. Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons... 


DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis
Impeachment or GNU?: Hill-Lewis says no trade-off for accountability in government
14th May 2026 By: Sashnee Moodley

Despite being in a crucial coalition alliance with President Cyril Ramaphosa’s African National Congress, Democratic Alliance leader Geordin Hill-Lewis is clear that there will be no trade-off for... 


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ActionSA moves to formally charge Ramaphosa over R15m Phala Phala scandal
12th May 2026 By: Thabi Shomolekae

ActionSA leadership will on Wednesday formally lay criminal charges against President Cyril Ramaphosa following explosive revelations regarding the true scale of the theft from his Phala Phala farm... 


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Ramaphosa refuses to resign over Phala Phala as Labour Party demands systemic overhaul
12th May 2026 By: Thabi Shomolekae

Political parties have reacted to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s address on the Constitutional Court judgment in the Phala Phala matter, with the Labour Party of South Africa urging for a structural... 


DA Mayoral Candidate for Johannesburg Helen Zille
DA takes CoJ, mayor, JHB Water to court over water rights
11th May 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

The Democratic Alliance’s mayoral candidate for Johannesburg Helen Zille has filed court papers in the South Gauteng High Court arguing that the City of Johannesburg and Johannesburg Water failed... 


EFF national chairperson and parliamentary chief whip Nontando Nolutshungu
Opposition parties demand immediate impeachment process against Ramaphosa after ConCourt ruling
8th May 2026 By: Thabi Shomolekae

Opposition parties have reacted strongly to Friday’s Constitutional Court judgment on an impeachment inquiry over the Phala Phala scandal, with the Economic Freedom Fighters demanding an immediate... 


President Cyril Ramaphosa
ConCourt revives impeachment process against Ramaphosa
8th May 2026 By: Reuters

South Africa's highest court on Friday revived impeachment proceedings against President Cyril Ramaphosa over a scandal in which a large amount of foreign currency was stolen from inside a sofa in... 


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