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Media Advisory ANC SECRETARY GENERAL TO DELIVER ADDRESS AT THE MEMORIAL SERVICE OF ISITHWALANDWE SEAPARANKOE GERTRUDE NTITI SHOPE 29 May 2025 The Secretary General of African National Congress (ANC), Comrade Fikile Mbalula, will deliver the keynote address at the memorial service of the late Isithwalandwe/Seaparankoe Gertrude Ntiti Shope, a revered veteran of our liberation struggle, former President […]

Media Statements ANC MOURNS THE PASSING OF PROFESSOR NGŨGĨ WA THIONG’O, A TOWERING ARCHITECT OF AFRICAN LIBERATION, CONSCIOUSNESS AND CULTURAL RESISTANCE 29 May 2025 The African National Congress (ANC) joins millions across the continent and the world in mourning the passing of Professor Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, a revolutionary writer, thinker, and anti-colonial intellectual whose life’s work radically

Speeches Eulogy Delivered by ANC President Cde Cyril Ramaphosa at the Funeral of Cde Lungi Mnganga-Gcabashe 24 May 2025 Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre Programme Director, The Mnganga and Gcabashe families, Members of the ANC National Executive Committee, President of the ANC Women’s League, Cde Sisisi Tolashe, Members of the ANC Women’s League NEC, Leadership of Alliance and Mass Democratic Movement formations, Comrades and Friends,

Media Statements ANC ANNOUNCES THE PASSING OF ISITHWALANDWE GERTRUDE SHOPE 22 May 2025 The African National Congress announces with deep sadness the passing of Isithwalandwe/Seaparankoe Gertrude Shope also known as Ma Shope, who departed peacefully at her home in Gauteng earlier today, aged 99. A lifelong revolutionary, Ma Shope, born on 15 August 1925, was a

Media Statements ANC STATEMENT ON THE TABLED BUDGET 21 May 2025 Today, the Minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana, tabled the 2025 Budget in Parliament. In addition, the Minister introduced the Appropriation Bill and tabled the 2025 Division of Revenue Bill. This represents a critical turning point in our legislative process, following extensive consultations with political parties within

Media Statements ANC DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL CDE NOMVULA MOKONYANE LEADS DELEGATION TO STRENGTHEN TIES WITH THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF VIETNAM (CPV) 19 May 2025 The African National Congress announces with deep sadness the passing of Isithwalandwe/Seaparankoe Gertrude Shope also known as Ma Shope, who departed peacefully at her home in Gauteng earlier today, aged 99. A lifelong

Media Statements ANC STATEMENT ON THE REBURIAL AND FUNERAL OF ADVOCATE DUMA NOKWE AND MAMA VUYISWA ‘TINY’ NOKWE 17 May 2025 “Laduma libalele – The thunder has returned home.” The African National Congress joins the people of South Africa, the liberation movement, and progressive forces across the continent in solemn reflection as we mark the reburial

Media Statements STATEMENT ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA’S INAUGURATION 10 May 2025 Today, the African National Congress (ANC) joins millions of South Africans in commemorating one of the most significant milestones in our nation’s history, the inauguration of President Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela on 10 May 1994 as the first Black, democratically elected President of a

Media Statements AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS STATEMENT ON THE ELECTION OF POPE LEO XIV 9 May 2025 The African National Congress (ANC) warmly welcomes the election of Pope Leo XIV as the new head of the Roman Catholic Church, following the passing of His Holiness Pope Francis. This moment of global spiritual significance comes at a time when