Abantu Batho Congress

Abantu Batho Congress (ABC) is a South African political party established by businessman Philani Mavundla.^[2]

Abantu Batho Congress
Abbreviation	ABC
President	Philani Mavundla
Deputy President	Makhosi Khoza
Founded	8 January 2020; 5 years ago (2020-01-08)[1]
Split from	National Freedom Party
Ideology	Zulu nationalism Pan-Africanism
eThekwini Metropolitan Council	2 / 222
Website
https://abantubatho.org/
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The party describes itself as an Afrocentric, Pan-Africanist and womanist revolutionary movement.

In January 2021, former Economic Freedom Fighters Gauteng leader Mandisa Mashego joined the new party.

The party contested the 2021 South African municipal elections, targeting Durban and the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality.^[3][4]

As of late, the Abantu Batho Congress has also come out in support of an independent Zulu state.^[5]

Election results

National Assembly elections

Election	Party leader	Total votes	Share of vote	Seats	+/–	Government
2024	Philani Mavundla	5,531	0.03%[a]	0 / 400	New	Extra-parliamentary

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.

Provincial elections

Election[6]	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			0.07	0/30			0.09	0/80

Municipal elections

In the 2021 municipal elections, the party won 25 seats, 23 in Kwazulu-Natal, and two in Limpopo.^[7]

Election	Votes	%	Seats
2021[8]	109,457	0.36%	25

See also

• South African politics
• African National Congress