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On 8 January 2012 the African National Congress (ANC) will be celebrating its centenary. As part of the uKhongolose: ANC and South Africa’s Struggle for Freedom feature, SAHO will be updating the presidential profiles of all the ANC presidents since its formation in 1912. Updated biographies will be highlighted each month during 2012.

Below is a list of all ANC office bearers since its founding in 1912 with each name linked to a biography.

Chairman Deputy President General Secretary President

ALL A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Full Name	Position (Period)	Affiliations
Abrahams, Peter	Cape Members (1927)	African National Congress (ANC)
Bunting, Brian Percy		African National Congress (ANC) Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) Lives of courage South African Communist Party (SACP)
Cachalia, Firoz		African National Congress (ANC) Black Students Society (BST) Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) United Democratic Front (UDF)
Calata, Rev. James Arthur	General Secretary (1936 - 1949)	African National Congress (ANC) Treason Trial 1956-1961
Carneson (nee Rubin), Sarah		African National Congress (ANC) Black Sash Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) South African Communist Party (SACP) Young Communist League (YCL)
Cherry, Janet		African National Congress (ANC) Black Sash End Conscription Campaign (ECC) Lives of courage National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) United Democratic Front (UDF)
Dube, John Langalibalele (Mafukuzela)	President (1912 - 1917)	African National Congress (ANC) Liberation Struggle in South Africa
Dunjwa, J. M.	Vice President (1926)	African National Congress (ANC)
Ebrahim, Ebrahim Ismail		African National Congress (ANC) Natal Indian Congress (NIC)
Fenyang, Walton Zacharias		African National Congress (ANC)
Fraser-Moleketi, Geraldine		African National Congress (ANC)
Goldberg, Denis Theodore		African National Congress (ANC) Lives of courage South African Communist Party (SACP) South African Congress of Democrats (COD) uMkhonto weSizwe (MK)
Grendon, Robert	Cape Members (1927)	African National Congress (ANC)
Gumede, Josiah Tshangana	President (1927 - 1930)	African National Congress (ANC)
Hlubi, Mark	Cape Members (1927)	African National Congress (ANC)
Kathrada, Ahmed Mohamed "Kathy"		African National Congress (ANC) Lives of courage South African Communist Party (SACP) South African Indian Congress (SAIC) Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) Treason Trial 1956-1961 Young Communist League (YCL)
Khaile, Eddie J.	General Secretary (1927 - 1930)	African National Congress (ANC)
Leshoai, Sam	Exec. Comm. Member (1919)	African National Congress (ANC)
Libate, Carl Joseph	Exec. Comm. Member (1925)	African National Congress (ANC)
Lichabe, Sam	Exec. Comm. Member (1919)	African National Congress (ANC)
Luthuli, Chief Albert John	President (1952 - 1967)	African National Congress (ANC) Lives of courage Treason Trial 1956-1961
Mabandla, Brigitte Sylvia		African National Congress (ANC)
Mabaso, C. S.		African National Congress (ANC)
Mabaso, Ernest		African National Congress (ANC)
Mabhida, Moses		African National Congress (ANC) South African Communist Party (SACP) South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU)