đź“… 11 July 2000
The ANC convened its first National General Council in Port Elizabeth, bringing branch, regional and provincial delegates together with leaders, veterans, alliance partners and sectoral...
đź“… 16 December 2002
The ANC’s 51st National Conference met from 16 to 20 December, its 90th anniversary year. About 3,400 voting delegates attended, most representing ward-based branches. On 20 December the conference...
đź“… 29 June 2005
The ANC’s second National General Council met at the University of Pretoria in Tshwane from 29 June to 3 July. Branch and provincial delegates reviewed organisational and political questions midway...
đź“… 16 December 2007
About 4,000 voting delegates gathered at the University of Limpopo for the ANC’s 52nd National Conference. The conference considered the organisation’s direction, state governance and economic and...
đź“… 20 December 2007
At the close of the Polokwane conference, the ANC announced Jacob Zuma as party president and Kgalema Motlanthe as deputy president. The conference declaration described 4,000 delegates representing...
đź“… 25 September 2008
The National Assembly elected ANC deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe as South Africa’s president after Mbeki’s resignation. Motlanthe served as a transitional president until the 2009 election. The...
đź“… 10 January 2009
ANC president Jacob Zuma presented the manifesto at the party’s 97th anniversary rally in East London. The programme promised decent work, rural development and land reform, education and health...
đź“… 9 May 2009
Zuma took the presidential oath at the Union Buildings in Pretoria after the National Assembly elected him. His presidency began under the policy direction adopted by the ANC at Polokwane, including...
đź“… 16 December 2012
The ANC’s 53rd National Conference opened at the University of the Free State in Mangaung, during the centenary year. Around 4,500 voting delegates represented branches across the country. The...
đź“… 18 December 2012
At Mangaung, delegates re-elected Jacob Zuma as ANC president and elected Cyril Ramaphosa as deputy president. The vote set the party’s national leadership for the next term and shaped its preparation...
