http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/African_National_CongressFind stories, videos, and photos about African National Congress from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:35:42 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/African_National_Congress14433Find stories, videos, and photos about African National Congress from CNN.com.http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/09/18/athletics.semenya.united.nations.gender/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/09/18/athletics.semenya.united.nations.gender/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe South African government has reportedly complained to the United Nations over the treatment of controversial track and field star Caster Semenya.Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:01:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/09/04/canada.asylum/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/09/04/canada.asylum/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Canadian government hopes to overturn a decision granting refugee status to a white South African who says he would face persecution at home, a spokesman for Canada's immigration minister said Friday.Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:33:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/09/02/canada.asylum/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/09/02/canada.asylum/index.html#cnnSTCTextAn attorney for a white South African man says his client was rightfully granted refugee status in Canada because he was the victim of racial violence and discrimination in his homeland.Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:12:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/05/06/south.africa.zuma.parliament/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/05/06/south.africa.zuma.parliament/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe parliament of South Africa elected Jacob Zuma as the nation's president Wednesday.Wed, 06 May 2009 14:51:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/22/safrica.elections/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/22/safrica.elections/index.html#cnnSTCTextSouth Africans headed to the polls Wednesday, in elections that the ruling African National Congress is expected to win in a landslide.Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:21:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/22/safrica.parties/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/22/safrica.parties/index.html#cnnSTCTextThere are 40 parties vying in South Africa's elections, with 26 participating nationally and 14 provincially. Though South Africa's opposition parties remain generally weak, the ruling African National Congress worries that, collectively, they may eat away at its majority.Wed, 22 Apr 2009 06:25:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/21/southafrica.elections/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/21/southafrica.elections/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe ruling African National Congress is expected to win Wednesday's elections in South Africa by a landslide, but polls predict it might lose its two-thirds parliamentary majority.Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:37:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/06/south.africa.zuma.cleared/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/06/south.africa.zuma.cleared/index.html#cnnSTCTextProsecutors dropped corruption charges Monday against South Africa's ruling party president Jacob Zuma, who is expected to win the presidential race later this month.Mon, 06 Apr 2009 12:03:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/10/south.africa.elections/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/10/south.africa.elections/index.html#cnnSTCTextSouth Africans will hold general elections on April 22, the president announced Tuesday in Parliament, setting the stage for a campaign that will see the leading contender running despite his pending legal problems.Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:50:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/04/south.africa.zuma.trial/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/04/south.africa.zuma.trial/index.html#cnnSTCTextCorruption proceedings against Jacob Zuma, president of South Africa's ruling party, have been provisionally postponed until August 25, the High Court said Wednesday.Wed, 04 Feb 2009 12:46:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1855732,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1855732,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe head of a breakaway faction of South Africa's ruling party told thousands of cheering supporters Saturday that the African National Congress had turned the country's post-apartheid hope into despair with corrupt, incompetent and divisive policiesSat, 01 Nov 2008 20:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1850886,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1850886,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsReversing years of inaccurate government policies, South African Health Minister Barbara Hogan is spreading the truth about AIDSWed, 15 Oct 2008 23:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1848311,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1848311,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsIrreconcilable differences between supporters of ex-President Thabo Mbeki and those of his rival Jacob Zuma may lead to the creation of a new partyWed, 08 Oct 2008 17:30:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1847125,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1847125,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsAn angry exchange of public denunciations between top leaders of the ANC suggests that some Mbeki loyalists may be planning to quit the partyFri, 03 Oct 2008 18:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/09/25/south.africa.president/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/09/25/south.africa.president/index.html#cnnSTCTextSouth Africa's Parliament chose the deputy president of the ruling ANC party, Kgalema Motlanthe, as interim president Thursday to replace outgoing President Thabo Mbeki, the African National Congress said.Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:23:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1843631,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1843631,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsAnalysis: The political infighting between Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma has broken the ruling party's grip on the moral authority of a liberation movement Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1843765,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1843765,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsKgalema Motlanthe, a former political prisoner and middle-ground consensus-builder, is expected to become South Africa's interim leader as it transitions to a Jacob Zuma presidencyWed, 24 Sep 2008 22:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/09/23/south.africa.resignations/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/09/23/south.africa.resignations/index.html#cnnSTCTextTen South African ministers and the deputy president have resigned as President Thabo Mbeki prepares to leave office.Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:42:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1843253,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1843253,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe South African President's resignation opens the path to power for rival Jacob Zuma amidst questions about his country's future courseMon, 22 Sep 2008 13:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/09/22/south.africa.mbeki.successor/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/09/22/south.africa.mbeki.successor/index.html#cnnSTCTextSouth Africa's ruling African National Congress party is to name deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe as the successor to President Thabo Mbeki Monday, two government sources have told CNN.Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:19:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/09/21/south.africa.mbeki.resigns/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/09/21/south.africa.mbeki.resigns/index.html#cnnSTCTextSouth African President Thabo Mbeki announced his formal resignation Sunday during a televised address but did not say when he would leave office.Mon, 22 Sep 2008 03:34:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/09/21/south.africa.mbeki.analysis/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/09/21/south.africa.mbeki.analysis/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe leadership of the ruling African National Congress party in South Africa's call for President Thabo Mbeki to resign means the end of an era in South African politics.Sun, 21 Sep 2008 11:45:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1843112,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1843112,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe ruling ANC forces the President's resignation amid fierce party infighting over a court case against his chef rivalSat, 20 Sep 2008 18:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/09/20/south.africa.mbeki.resigns/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/09/20/south.africa.mbeki.resigns/index.html#cnnSTCTextSouth African President Thabo Mbeki agreed Saturday to resign, clearing the way for his longtime political rival, Jacob Zuma, to run for the office next spring.Sat, 20 Sep 2008 17:13:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1829407,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1829407,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsANC president Jacob Zuma, frontrunner to lead the country, is facing renewed corruption chargesWed, 06 Aug 2008 01:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/07/01/mandela.watch/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/07/01/mandela.watch/index.html#cnnSTCTextFormer South African President Nelson Mandela is to be removed from a U.S. terrorism watch list under a bill President Bush signed Tuesday.Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:08:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1808016,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1808016,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsA pogrom against migrants reveals the social strain of a post-apartheid "miracle" that did not help the poorTue, 20 May 2008 17:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/04/24/zimbabwe.zuma/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/04/24/zimbabwe.zuma/index.html#cnnSTCTextZimbabwe's election crisis will "explode" if other nations fail to take action, the leader of South Africa's ruling party said Wednesday.Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:04:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1731111,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1731111,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsAn opposition protest action fizzles, as fear of violence and poverty discourages people from staying away from work Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/02/01/southafrica.scorpions/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/02/01/southafrica.scorpions/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe embattled police commissioner in South Africa appeared in court Friday in a case that casts light on a controversy between the country's ruling political party and an elite anti-crime squad.Fri, 01 Feb 2008 20:58:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/01/08/safrica.zuma/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/01/08/safrica.zuma/index.html#cnnSTCTextSouth Africa's ruling African National Congress said Tuesday that Jacob Zuma will be its presidential candidate in the 2009 national elections, despite his pending trial on corruption and other charges, the South African Press Association reported.Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:21:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/01/01/s.africa.zuma/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/01/01/s.africa.zuma/index.html#cnnSTCTextSouth African prosecutors on Tuesday denied claims that President Thabo Mbeki influenced their indictment of newly elected African National Congress leader Jacob Zuma.Tue, 01 Jan 2008 19:26:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/12/20/safrica.zuma/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/12/20/safrica.zuma/index.html#cnnSTCTextTwo days after he was elected leader of the African National Congress, Jacob Zuma brushed aside a threat by South Africa's chief prosecutor to charge him with corruption.Thu, 20 Dec 2007 23:35:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1696098,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1696098,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe triumph of Jacob Zuma in the race to lead the ANC marks a stunning veto of the course charted by its leaderTue, 18 Dec 2007 23:00:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/12/16/southafrica/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/12/16/southafrica/index.html#cnnSTCTextAppealing for unity and taking a jab at his political rival, South African President Thabo Mbeki made a last-ditch attempt on Sunday to rescue his political career as he addressed a conference of the governing party.Tue, 18 Dec 2007 05:05:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1695165,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1695165,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsAs the ANC gathers to elect its leader, a new round of corruption allegations are leveled against the leading contender, Jacob ZumaSat, 15 Dec 2007 21:00:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1670129,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1670129,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe justice system becomes a battleground for a power struggle within the ruling partyWed, 10 Oct 2007 21:50:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/08/20/safrica.health.reut/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/08/20/safrica.health.reut/index.html#cnnSTCTextSouth African President Thabo Mbeki shrugged off opposition calls to fire his health minister on Monday after a newspaper reported she is an alcoholic and still drinking despite having a liver transplant.Mon, 20 Aug 2007 03:35:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1632309,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1632309,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsTens of thousands of public sector workers marched Wednesday to government offices across the country, escalating a 12-day-old strikeThu, 14 Jun 2007 18:30:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/10/17/safrica.power/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/10/17/safrica.power/index.htmlThe once-banned political party that helped bring freedom to apartheid-era South Africa now stands accused of stifling democracy in that country's Mother City.Tue, 17 Oct 2006 07:43:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/08/30/vanmarsh.mandela.btsc/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/08/30/vanmarsh.mandela.btsc/index.htmlHis eyes are sensitive to light, he wears a hearing aid and often walks with a cane, but former South African President Nelson Mandela is in excellent health for an 88-year-old man, his personal assistant and spokeswoman, Zelda La Grange, said. She sees to it that Mandela has access to the best medical care in the country.Wed, 30 Aug 2006 15:48:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/06/30/eye.on.africa/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/06/30/eye.on.africa/index.htmlSouth Africa is the economic and political powerhouse of the African continent. The country's broad-based development has put it on the cusp of becoming a first-world nation.Fri, 30 Jun 2006 11:10:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2005/07/25/8266624/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2005/07/25/8266624/index.htmWHEN MARTHA STEWART GETS HER own edition of The Apprentice this fall on NBC, she will not be the first boss with a prison record to take command of the reality TV program. Tokyo Sexwale, host of th...Mon, 25 Jul 2005 04:01:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/12/09/biehl/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/12/09/biehl/index.htmlIn South African townships rife with violence and poverty, thousands of children find comfort and knowledge daily after school by dancing, playing, painting and eating. They study math, reading, music, theater and more, while their older countrymen learn first aid, safe-sex practices, vocational and other life skills.Thu, 09 Dec 2004 21:25:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/07/05/safrica.winnie/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/07/05/safrica.winnie/index.htmlWinnie Madikizela-Mandela, the ex-wife of former South African president Nelson Mandela, has escaped a prison sentence after an appeals court judge overturned theft convictions.Mon, 05 Jul 2004 10:27:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/04/15/safrica.elections/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/04/15/safrica.elections/index.htmlThe ruling African National Congress is heading for a solid majority in South Africa's third post-apartheid election.Thu, 15 Apr 2004 11:38:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1994/07/01/88962/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1994/07/01/88962/index.htmNELSON MANDELA'S INAUGURAtion in May as South Africa's first black president was more than a media spectacle set to the foot-stomping beat of the toyi- toyi. Symbolism also abounded in the packed c...Fri, 01 Jul 1994 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/10/04/78432/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/10/04/78432/index.htmIt could all come unstuck in one mad moment, but what has happened so far in South Africa is something of a miracle. In October, black leaders will begin sharing power with the white government, ga...Mon, 04 Oct 1993 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/08/27/73956/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/08/27/73956/index.htm-- JACOBUS DE SWARDT, 27, a white South African sociologist, on why he has agreed to be chairman of the Cape Town Central branch of the militant, largely black African National Congress: ''I now se...Mon, 27 Aug 1990 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/04/25/70452/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/04/25/70452/index.htmNow that Taking Jackson Seriously has been declared the main media event of the fortnight, let us sidle up to a quite serious problem about this man. It is a problem that hardly ever gets alluded t...Mon, 25 Apr 1988 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/10/26/69704/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/10/26/69704/index.htmStill nonchalantly propounding long-winded questions guaranteed not to be answered and maybe even verging on the rhetorical, your correspondent now sidles up to these ones: -- With respect to the R...Mon, 26 Oct 1987 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/03/02/68719/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/03/02/68719/index.htmWe must weigh in again on South Africa, especially with respect to two large questions that keep getting answered wrong in the New York Times and Washington Post. Question No. 1 is whether sanction...Mon, 02 Mar 1987 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/09/01/67974/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/09/01/67974/index.htmOkay, Michael Barnes, we agree that rote memory is not what the citizens necessarily look for in senior solons. We also agree it's not easy to answer questions thrown at you suddenly when onstage a...Mon, 01 Sep 1986 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/07/07/67799/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/07/07/67799/index.htmA sentence in a New York Times editorial the other day got us going again on the weird inability of the Times to look a certain proposition in the eye. Proposition: the African National Congress is...Mon, 07 Jul 1986 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/04/14/67375/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/04/14/67375/index.htmLook in any sizable dictionary and you will find ''unmentionables'' as a synonym for ''underwear.'' That quaint locution is sitting there because there actually was a time when genteel folks could ...Mon, 14 Apr 1986 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/09/30/66466/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/09/30/66466/index.htmHarry F. Oppenheimer, 76, former chairman of South Africa's Anglo American Corp. and its sister, De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd. -- a gold, diamond, and industrial empire founded by his father, Si...Mon, 30 Sep 1985 04:01:00 EDT