ANC marks centenary

SOUTH Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) marks its 100th anniversary this week with a huge celebration to be attended by dozens of heads of state and buoyed by an unbroken 17 years in power since the end of apartheid.According to an Agence France Presse (AFP) report, more than 100,000 people are expected in the central city of Bloemfontein, where the South African Native National Congress was founded on January 8, 1912. It was renamed the African National Congress in 1923.South African President Jacob Zuma will pay tribute to Nelson Mandela and other heroes of the anti-apartheid struggle in a speech at the city's football stadium, wrapping up three days of festivities on Sunday.The celebrations include a traditional ceremony, a golf tournament, concerts and gala dinner. Zuma is also expected to light a centenary flame, which will tour South Africa as a symbol of the resistance against apartheid.A Sunday service will be held in the Wesleyan church building where the movement was born. The South African post office will also release a commemorative stamp to celebrate Africa's oldest liberation movement.
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