African National Congress
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The African National Congress is a centrist 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
A South African Native National Congress delegation to England, June 1914. L–R: Thomas Mtobi Mapikela, Walter Rubusana, John Langalibalele Dube, Saul Msane, and Sol Plaatje
Wesleyan Waaihoek church, where the ANC was founded in Bloemfontein. Now a World Heritage Site (2025)
Oliver Tambo, ANC president in exile from 1967 to 1991
Cyril Ramaphosa was elected ANC president at the 2017 conference.
UMkhonto weSizwe
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uMkhonto weSizwe was the paramilitary wing of the African National Congress, founded by Nelson Mandela in the wake of the Sharpeville massacre. Its objective was to bring armed pressure on South Afric
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…ANC dedicated much of its attention to a campaign of sabotage and guerrilla warfare against the apartheid state, carried out under its military wing, uMkhonto weSizwe, which was founded in 1961 in partnership with the South African Communist Party (SACP). The ANC was condemned as a terrorist organisation by the…
List of attacks attributed to MK and compiled by the Committee on South African War Resistance (COSAWR) between 1980 and 1983.
Durban Sign 1989