ACT

About the party

The African Congress for Transformation (ACT) party was founded on August 30, 2023, by former ANC Secretary-General, and Premier of the Free State, Ace Magashule, and fired Hawks boss Berning Ntlemeza. The ACT party is a left-wing, transformative party combining Pan-Africanism, African nationalism, and democratic socialism/Marxism. After the 2024 general election, the ACT party did not win a single seat in the National Assembly but won one seat in the Free State provincial legislature. The November 4 poll will the debut municipal election for ACT.