African national congress flag

ANC

---

image by Pascal Gross, 11 Apr 1999 See also:

---

African National Congress (ANC) flag

The ANC has been the ruling party in South Africa since 1994.

It is a member of the "tripartite alliance" together with the South African Communist Party and the Confederation of South African Trade Unions (COSATU).

The African National Congress (ANC) flag is as indicated above - black, green and gold.

What did the anc do

The ANC badge (adopted on the 75th anniversary of the organisation in 1987) comprises a fist holding a traditional spear superimposed on a traditional shield adjacent to a cogwheel.
Bruce Berry, 25 Apr 1996

The ANC flag was adopted during their party congress in 1925.

There is no record on the ANC official website about why they chose the black, green and yellow colours.  I have, however, heard a tale (the source no longer remembered) that a delegation from Jamaica attended this congress as observers that year and that they br