Tag: South African Native National Congress

The African National Congress was founded as the South African Native National Congress (SANNC) to increase the rights of the black South African population. John Dube, its first president, and poet and author Sol Plaatje are among its founding members. The organization became the ANC in 1923 and formed a military wing, the Umkhonto we Sizwe (Spear of the Nation) in 1961. It has been the ruling party of post-apartheid South Africa on the national level since 1994. African National Congress Quiz Questions 1. When was South African Native National Congress founded? a) 8 January 1912 b) 24 May 1893 ... Read more