CULTURETECHLENSAfrican National Congress
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Combined Graph record U-01471 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-I-0115. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
The African National Congress (ANC) is a South African political party and former liberation movement: founded in 1912 as the South African Native National Congress, renamed ANC in 1923, banned 1960-1990; Nelson Mandela was elected president in 1994 heading the country's first multiethnic government, and the ANC won a majority in every national election until 2024 (about 40% that year). A Johannesburg headquarters is not established by this source and is not claimed.
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The African National Congress (ANC) is a South African political party and former liberation movement: founded in 1912 as the South African Native National Congress, renamed ANC in 1923, banned 1960-1990; Nelson Mandela was elected president in 1994 heading the country's first multiethnic government, and the ANC won a majority in every national election until 2024 (about 40% that year). A Johannesburg headquarters is not established by this source and is not claimed.
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- Also known as: ANC
- City: Johannesburg
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- Johannesburg — located in
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- https://www.britannica.com/topic/African-National-Congress?ref=africarebirth.com (verification source · master store)
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The African National Congress (ANC) is a South African political party and former liberation movement: founded in 1912 as the South African Native National Congress, renamed ANC in 1923, banned 1960-1990; Nelson Mandela was elected president in 1994 heading the country's first multiethnic government, and the ANC won a majority in every national election until 2024 (about 40% that year). A Johannesburg headquarters is not established by this source and is not claimed.
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