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EPISODE · Jan 8, 2026 · 4 MIN

Africa's oldest liberation movement ANC turns 114 today.

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President Cyril Ramaphosa says all South Africans are inheritors and beneficiaries from the struggle that was waged by the African National Congress against  the apartheid government. He was speaking in a wreath-laying ceremony at the grave of former ANC Treasurer-General and SA Communist Party General Secretary, Moses Kotane. Ramaphosa is in the North West where the ANC is commemorating  the  party's anniversary. Today marks 114 years since the African National Congress was founded in 1912. Making it the oldest liberation movement in Africa. The party has been facing challenges including electoral losses and public discontent. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Political and governance analyst Sandile Swana 

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