African National Congress

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The African National Congress is South Africa’s dominant political party and former liberation movement that led the struggle against apartheid and has governed the country since the end of white minority rule in 1994.


Statements (50)
Predicate Object
instanceOf liberation movement
political party
abbreviation ANC
adoptedFreedomCharter 1955
alliedWith Congress of South African Trade Unions
South African Communist Party
armedWing Umkhonto we Sizwe
bannedBy apartheid government of South Africa
banPeriodEnd 1990
banPeriodStart 1960
country South Africa
currentPresident Cyril Ramaphosa
electoralBase black South Africans
focusesOn overcoming legacy of apartheid
founded 1912
foundedArmedWing 1961
foundingLocation Bloemfontein
governingPartyOf Republic of South Africa
headquarters Luthuli House, Johannesburg
ideology African nationalism
democratic socialism
social democracy
inGovernmentSince 1994
keyDocument Freedom Charter
ledBy Albert Luthuli
Cyril Ramaphosa
Jacob Zuma
Nelson Mandela
Oliver Tambo
Thabo Mbeki
legalized 1990
memberOf Progressive Alliance
Socialist International
notableLeader Albert Luthuli
Cyril Ramaphosa
Jacob Zuma
Nelson Mandela
Oliver Tambo
Thabo Mbeki
partOf Tripartite Alliance
politicalPosition centre-left
predecessor South African Native National Congress
primaryColor black
gold
green
roleInHistory anti-apartheid movement leader
slogan A better life for all
womenWing African National Congress Women’s League
wonFirstDemocraticElection 1994 South African general election
youthWing African National Congress Youth League

Referenced by (39)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Afrikaner nationalism
B. J. Vorster
Bantu Education Act
National Party
National Party (South Africa)
P. W. Botha
Population Registration Act
opposedBy
Makgatho Mandela
Nelson Mandela
Thabo Mbeki
Winnie Mandela
Winnie Mandela ("African National Congress Women’s League")
memberOfPoliticalParty
South African Indian Congress
Transvaal Indian Congress
United Democratic Front
alliedWith
Natal Indian Congress
South African Communist Party
alliance
Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika (part)
Soweto
associatedWith
Long Walk to Freedom
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
portraysOrganization
The Rainbow People of God
about
National Party (South Africa)
coalitionPartnerWith
Progressive Alliance
hasMember
Socialist International
hasNotableMember
Government of National Unity (South Africa)
includedParty
Defiance Campaign
mainOrganiser
South African general election, 1994
mainWinner
National Party
mergedInto
Umkhonto we Sizwe
militaryBranchOf
Rivonia Trial
organizationInvolved
Umkhonto we Sizwe
parentOrganization
Zulu people
politicalInfluence
African National Congress ("South African Native National Congress")
predecessor
1947 Dadoo-Naicker-Xuma Pact
relatedTo
Pan Africanist Congress
separatedFrom
1947 Dadoo-Naicker-Xuma Pact
signatoryOrganization
Conversations with Myself
subject
1947 Dadoo-Naicker-Xuma Pact
supportedBy

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