First ANC Conference in SA in three decades

Date: 14 Dec 1990
Updated: 30 Sep 2019

First ANC Conference in SA in three decades

The African National Congress (ANC) held its first Consultative Conference in South Africa after thirty-one years from 14-16 December 1990. It was considered by the ANC as ranking in importance with such historic moments as the Congress of the People convened in June 1955; the Defiance Campaigns of 1952 and 1989; the launching of the United Democratic Front in 1983; and the release of Nelson Mandela on 11 February 1990.

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01Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Westport: Greenwood.

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). First ANC Conference in SA in three decades. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012938

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South African History Online. "First ANC Conference in SA in three decades." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012938.