African National Congress - Affiliates

Organisations Allied or Associated with the ANC

  • ANC Youth League (ANCYL)
  • ANC Women’s League (ANCWL)
    When the African National Congress (ANC) was formed in 1912, it did not accept women as members. In 1918 the government threatened to reintroduce pass laws for women, these had been relaxed after the success of earlier resistance to passes.
  • Pan Africanist Congress (PAC)
    The Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) (later the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania), was a South African liberation movement, that is now a minor political party. It was founded in 1959 after a number of members broke away from the African National Congress (ANC) because they objected to the ANC's non-racial policies and wished to take a bolder approach based more on mass action
  • Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)
    December 16, 1961 marked the beginning of a new era in South African politics with the formation of a new liberation armed wing Umkhonto we Sizwe. Posters were stuck overnight on a few walls and lampposts in major centres. They announced the existence of Umkhonto we Sizwe.
  • Communist Party of South Africa
    The founding conference of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) took place in Cape Town from 30 July to 1 August 1921. The party was founded mainly by radical White workers and socialists who had experienced workers' struggles in Europe and were inspired by the first workers' state, which was founded in 1917 in Russia, after the Bolshevik Revolution
  • South African Indian Congress (SAIC)
    The South African Indian Congress (SAIC) was formed in 1924 to support the interests of the Indian community. This was necessary in view of the upsurge of anti-Indian agitation in the European community and moves to enact legislation to segregate Indians.
  • United Democratic Front
    Steps towards forming the UDF began in the late 1970s, and moved forward when Allan Boesak called for a ‘united front’ of ‘churches, civic associations, trade unions, student organisations, and sports bodies’ to fight oppression.
  • Federation of South African Women
  • Congress of South African Trade Unions
  • South African Congress of Democrats
  • South African Coloured People's Congress
  • South African Congress of Trade Unions