National Coloured Congress

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National Coloured Congress
AbbreviationNCC (officially CCC [1] )
President Fadiel Adams
Chairperson Fazloodien Abrahams
Secretary-General Sakiena Frenchman
Spokesperson Fadiel Adams
National TreasurerEbrahim Burton
National OrganiserNasmi Jacobs
National ConvenorDesmond Syce
Founder Fadiel Adams
FoundedAugust 2020
Headquarters Lansdowne, Cape Town
Ideology Cape Coloured interests
ColoursBlack  
Slogan"Let's Move South Africa Forward."
National Assembly
2 / 400
NCOP
0 / 90
Western Cape Provincial Parliament
1 / 42
Cape Town City Council
7 / 231
Website
nationalcolouredcongress.org.za

The National Coloured Congress (NCC; previously the Cape Coloured Congress, CCC) is a South African political party led by Fadiel Adams, the founder of the Gatvol Capetonian Movement. The party was formed in August 2020 and focuses on issues affecting Coloured South Africans, initially in the Western Cape, [2] and later nationally. [3]

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Some policies proposed at some point by the party include obtaining officially "full recognition" of Cape Coloured people as "First Nation descendants", meaning descendants of the Khoisan people, fighting against "all forms" of discrimination and notably against coloured people, and also discrimination against LGBTQ people, the eradication of gender-based violence, the prohibition of comprehensive sex education in schools, and the reintroduction of the death penalty for rapists and murderers. [4]

The party contested the 2021 municipal elections with Adams running as the party's mayoral candidate in the City of Cape Town. [5] [6] The party won seven council seats in Cape Town and one seat in the Saldanha Bay Local Municipality. [7]

In 2023, the party renamed itself from the Cape Coloured Congress to the National Coloured Congress, and contested the 2024 South African general election, winning two seats in the national parliament and one in the Western Cape. [8] [9]

Election results


National Assembly elections

ElectionParty leaderTotal votesShare of voteSeats+/–Government
2024 Fadiel Adams 37,4220.23% [a]
2 / 400
NewOpposition
  1. 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.

National Council of Provinces

ElectionTotal # of
seats won
+/–Government
2024
0 / 90
NewExtraparliamentary opposition

Provincial elections

Election [10] Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng Kwazulu-Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga North-West Northern Cape Western Cape
 %Seats %Seats %Seats %Seats %Seats %Seats %Seats %Seats %Seats
2024 2.381/42


Municipal elections

ElectionVotes %
2021 [11] 54,8580.18%

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