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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]

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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.

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  1. ↑ Booysen, Susan (17 June 2021). "ANC en route to December 2022 – how the votes are stacking up". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  2. ↑ "43rd National Conference, 1954". ANC. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  3. ↑ "Ten things about Mangaung". The Mail & Guardian. 7 December 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "47th Annual Conference, Durban". University of the Witwatersrand. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
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