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The African National Congress (ANC) is the Republic of South Africa's governing social democratic political party. It has been the ruling party of post-apartheid South Africa on the national level since 1994, including the election of Nelson Mandela as president from 1994-1999. In the 2004 general election the ANC won 69.7% of the votes, in the 2009 general election it won 65.9% of the votes, and in 2014 it won 62.15% of the votes.
The ANC defines itself as a "disciplined force of the left", and it has been supported by the Tripartite Alliance with the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and the South African Communist Party (SACP), since the establishment of a non-racial democracy in April 1994.
Members founded the organisation as the South African Native National Congress (SANNC) on 8 January 1912 at the Waaihoek Wesleyan Church in Bloemfontein to work for the rights of the black South African population. John Dube, its first president, and poet and author Sol Plaatje were among its founding members. The organisation became the ANC in 1923 and formed a military wing, the Umkhonto we Sizwe (Spear of the Nation) in 1961.
Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma, GCB (born 12 April 1942) is the President of South Africa,elected by parliament following his party's victory in the 2009 general election. He was reelected in the 2014 election.
Zuma is the President of the African National Congress (ANC), the governing political party, and was Deputy President of South Africa from 1999 to 2005. Zuma is also referred to by his initials JZ and his clan name Msholozi. Zuma became the President of the African National Congress (ANC) on 18 December 2007 after defeating incumbent Thabo Mbeki at the ANC conference in Polokwane. He was re-elected as ANC leader at the ANC conference in Manguang on 18 December 2012, defeating challenger Kgalema Motlanthe by a large majority. Zuma was also a member of the South African Communist Party (SACP), briefly serving on the party's Politburo until he left the party in 1990. On 20 September 2008, Thabo Mbeki announced his resignation after being recalled by the African National Congress's National Executive Committee. The recall came after South African High Court Judge Christopher Nicholson ruled that Mbeki had improperly interfered with the operations of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), including the prosecution of Jacob Zuma for corruption.
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Day two of the ANC's National Policy Conference at Nasrec, south of Johannesburg continued to focus on organisational renewal. It follows President Jacob Zuma's opening remarks and the assessment report of the party's Secretary General, Gwede Mantashe on Friday. Our reporter Aldrin Sampear is at Nasrec, and joins us now For more news, visit: http://www.sabc.co.za/news
ANC Policy Conference, Implementation of the National Development Plan with Jeff Radebe. For more news, visit: http://www.sabc.co.za/news
ANC Policy Conference 2017, Day 1 For more news, visit: http://www.sabc.co.za/news
The ANC President also said it's critical to discuss the impact on the ANC, of access to state power and resources. He referred to the possible abuse of power and corruption among ANC members. For more news, visit: http://www.sabc.co.za/news
Jacob Zuma is entrenched in the African National Congress (ANC) and yields a bigger influence in the party then perceived this according to Wits School of Governance Professor Susan Booysen. Zuma who leds the ruling ANC, has been a member of the party’s National Executive Committee top 6 since 1991 will see his reign come to an end after the party’s elective conference in December later this year. For more news, visit: http://www.sabc.co.za/news
The ANC President also said it's critical to discuss the impact on the ANC, of access to state power and resources. He referred to the possible abuse of power and corruption among ANC members. For more news, visit: http://www.sabc.co.za/news
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South African President Jacob Zuma admits the ruling ANC party is beset by corruption and divisions that could threaten its uninterrupted hold on power since the end of apartheid.
The unbanning of political organisations in 1990 intensified the contest for political power and influence especially between Inkatha Freedom Party and African national Congress supporters.
For their 2014 campaign, Ogilvy Jhb approached us to make this commercial for the elections. What Tristan came up with was something truly beautiful. A patriotic ode to ordinary South Africans, this is a piece of work we are really proud of. Regardless of your political affiliations, take a look at this poetic reflection on the growth of our still fledgling nation.
Diuen que els catalans no podem decidir sobre la independència del nostre país perquè ho diu la llei. Però la Història ens demostra que algunes grans fites de la Humanitat es van aconseguir desafiant la legalitat que hi havia vigent: el sufragi femení, la independència de l’Índia o l’abolició de la segregació racial als Estats Units en són uns exemples. Però de casos n’hi ha molts més. Fites històriques que no s’haurien assolit si la societat s’hagués cenyit a la legalitat que imperava sinó que es van assolir per la tenacitat de milers de persones juntes que un dia van decidir construir el país que volien. Per damunt de les lleis i per damunt de les pors. Fent-ho, no només van canviar el curs la història. També van millorar la vida de generacions senceres. Coincidint amb l’assemblea gene...
I know the drill
You got your ball and chain
It holds you down, the circle round
This story stays the same
It won't be long
And then your heart is frozen
The time has come to break away
You've got it all
What makes you hesitate?
Don't just wait for things
To blow up in your pretty face
Lift the weight
Try not to let it slip away
And you may find yourself again
I feel people just don't know you like I do
Why you're making it so hard to see
When there's something wrong
It goes on and on
I know the drill
You've got your ball and chain
I found out the second round
That some things never change
Open my eyes
And let the days come over me
And maybe it will go away
I feel people just don't know you like I do
Why you're making it so hard to see
When there's something wrong
It goes on and on
You'll see not everybody's here
To break your heart
So there is a price to pay
To be someone you're not
I know the drill
You've got your ball and chain
I found out the second round
That some things never change
Open my eyes
And let the days come over me