African Congress for Transformation

South African political party

African Congress for Transformation
Founder	Ace Magashule
Founded	August 2023
Split from	African National Congress
Ideology	Pan-Africanism African nationalism Democratic socialism
Political position	Left-wing
National Assembly seats	0 / 400
Provincial Legislatures	0 / 430
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The African Congress for Transformation (ACT) is a South African political party founded in August 2023 by former African National Congress (ANC) Secretary General, Premier of the Free State Ace Magashule, and fired Hawks boss Berning Ntlemeza.^[1]^[2]

As of August 2023, Magashule faces a number of corruption charges, and was expelled from the ANC in June 2023.^[3] Ntlemeza's controversial reign^[4] as Hawks chief ended when he was fired from the Hawks by then Minister of Police Fikile Mbalula following a High Court ruling that Ntlemeza lacked integrity and was not fit to hold public office, after lying under oath in a matter about previous head Shadrack Sibiya.

ACT intended to contest the 2024 elections^[2] but failed to submit all of its lists in time, and will only be appearing in certain regions.^[5]^[6]

In January 2024, Magashule announced a "united front" and "amalgamation" between his party and the uMkhonto we Sizwe Party.^[7]

Election results

National Assembly


Election	Total votes	Share of vote	Seats	+/–	Government
2024	18,354	^{[Note 1]}0.11%	0 / 400	New	extraparliamentary

^ From 2024, seats in the National Assembly are determined by a combination of the national ballot, and the nine regional ballots. Only the national ballot figures are shown here.

Provincial elections


Election^[8]	Eastern Cape		Free State		Gauteng		Kwazulu-Natal		Limpopo		Mpumalanga		North-West		Northern Cape		Western Cape
Election^[8]	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats
2024	0.06	0/73	1.83	1/30	0.06	0/80							0.18	0/38	0.11	0/30

References

^ O’Regan, Victoria (30 August 2023). "Ace Magashule launches African Congress for Transformation". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Ex-South Africa Ruling Party Official Ace Magashule to Contest 2024 Vote". Bloomberg.com. 30 August 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
^ Njilo, Nonkululeko (12 June 2023). "ANC announce permanent party expulsion of Ace Magashule". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
^ Bezuidenhout, Jessica (3 May 2019). "Johan Booysen confirms the nightmare reign of Berning Ntlemeza". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
^ Masuabi, Queenin (17 April 2024). "Ace Magashule's party among five to lose critical court bid". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
^ O’Regan, Victoria (10 May 2024). "IEC victory: Ace Magashule's party loses candidate lists bid". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
^ Maliti, Soyiso. "Elections 2024: Magashule promises political revival with Zuma - the 'organic intellectual'". News24. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
^ "NPE Results Dashboard 2024". results.elections.org.za. Retrieved 14 June 2024.

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