The National Conference of the
African National Congress is a
party congress that is held every five years. It elects members to the
National Executive Committee, the party's highest decision-making body, as well as the "Top Six" leaders of the National Executive. The next national conference, the ANC's
55th, will be held in December 2022.[1]
Timetables
Before the ANC was banned by the
South African government in 1960, it held annual national congresses. After 1960, however, it held only sporadic consultative conferences abroad. In 1991, after it had been unbanned, the ANC held its first national conference in 32 years in
Durban. Thereafter conferences were held every three years, until the
1997 conference in
Mafikeng resolved to change the ANC constitution such that national conferences would be held only every five years.
List of venues
1949: 38th National Conference, held in
Bloemfontein
1953: 42nd National Conference, held in
Queenstown