African Congress for Transformation | |
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Founder | Ace Magashule |
Founded | August 2023 |
Split from | African National Congress |
Ideology | Pan-Africanism African nationalism Democratic socialism |
Political position | Left-wing |
National Assembly seats | 0 / 400 |
Provincial Legislatures | 1 / 430 |
Website | |
actonline | |
The African Congress for Transformation (ACT) is a South African political party founded in August 2023 by former African National Congress (ANC) Secretary General, Premier of the Free State Ace Magashule, and fired Hawks boss Berning Ntlemeza.
As of August 2023, Magashule faces a number of corruption charges, and was expelled from the ANC in June 2023. Ntlemeza's controversial reign as Hawks chief ended when he was fired from the Hawks by then Minister of Police Fikile Mbalula following a High Court ruling that Ntlemeza lacked integrity and was not fit to hold public office, after lying under oath in a matter about previous head Shadrack Sibiya.
ACT intended to contest the 2024 elections but failed to submit all of its lists in time, and will only be appearing in certain regions.
In January 2024, Magashule announced a "united front" and "amalgamation" between his party and the uMkhonto we Sizwe Party.
Election results
National Assembly elections
Election | Party leader | Total votes | Share of vote | Seats | +/– | Government |
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2024 | Ace Magashule | 18,354 | 0.11% | 0 / 400 | New | Extra-parliamentary |
- From 2024, seats in the National Assembly are determined by a combination of the national ballot, and the nine regional ballots. Only the national ballot figures are shown here.
Provincial elections
Election | Eastern Cape | Free State | Gauteng | Kwazulu-Natal | Limpopo | Mpumalanga | North-West | Northern Cape | Western Cape | |||||||||
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% | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | |
2024 | 0.06 | 0/73 | 1.83 | 1/30 | 0.06 | 0/80 | 0.18 | 0/38 | 0.11 | 0/30 |
References
- O’Regan, Victoria (30 August 2023). "Ace Magashule launches African Congress for Transformation". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
- ^ "Ex-South Africa Ruling Party Official Ace Magashule to Contest 2024 Vote". Bloomberg.com. 30 August 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
- Njilo, Nonkululeko (12 June 2023). "ANC announce permanent party expulsion of Ace Magashule". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
- Bezuidenhout, Jessica (3 May 2019). "Johan Booysen confirms the nightmare reign of Berning Ntlemeza". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
- Masuabi, Queenin (17 April 2024). "Ace Magashule's party among five to lose critical court bid". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
- O’Regan, Victoria (10 May 2024). "IEC victory: Ace Magashule's party loses candidate lists bid". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
- Maliti, Soyiso. "Elections 2024: Magashule promises political revival with Zuma - the 'organic intellectual'". News24. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- "NPE Results Dashboard 2024". results.elections.org.za. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
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