Congress Alliance

Congress Alliance
Founded26 June 1955
DissolvedDecember 1956
Merger ofANC
CPSA
SAIC
SACTU
CPC
COD
HeadquartersTongaat
IdeologyAnti-Apartheid
Anti-racism
Revolutionary Socialism
Marxism
African-Indian unity
Pan-Africanism
Third Worldism
Left-wing nationalism
Political positionLeft-wing to Far-left
Party programFreedom Charter

The Congress Alliance was an anti-apartheid political coalition formed in South Africa in the 1950s. Led by the African National Congress, the CA was multi-racial in makeup and committed to the principle of majority rule.