Editing African National Congress (section)

===Financial mismanagement===
Since at least 2017, the ANC has encountered significant problems related to financial mismanagement. According to a report filed by the former treasurer-general [[Zweli Mkhize]] in December 2017, the ANC was technically [[Insolvency|insolvent]] as its liabilities exceeded its assets.<ref>{{cite web |last=Paton |first=Carol |date=20 December 2017 |title=ANC is technically insolvent, financial report shows |url=https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/politics/2017-12-20-zweli-mkhize-anc-is-technically-insolvent/ |access-date=13 September 2021 |work=BusinessLIVE}}</ref> These problems continued into the second half of 2021. By September 2021, the ANC had reportedly amassed a debt exceeding R200-million, including over R100-million owed to the [[South African Revenue Service]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Mahlaka |first=Ray |date=12 September 2021 |title=The ANC, a tax evader? Massive debt, unpaid salaries, dry donation taps |url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-09-12-the-anc-a-tax-evader-massive-debt-unpaid-salaries-dry-donation-taps/ |access-date=13 September 2021 |work=Daily Maverick}}</ref>

Beginning in May 2021, the ANC failed to pay monthly staff salaries on time. Having gone without pay for three consecutive months, workers planned a strike in late August 2021.<ref>{{cite web |last=Madisa |first=Kgothatso |date=25 August 2021 |title=ANC offices shut down as unpaid staff go on 'wildcat strike' |url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2021-08-25-no-end-to-anc-money-woes-as-salaries-not-paid-for-third-straight-month/ |access-date=13 September 2021 |work=Times LIVE}}</ref> In response, the ANC initiated a [[crowdfunding]] campaign to raise money for staff salaries.<ref>{{cite web |last=Mthethwa |first=Cebelihle |date=28 August 2021 |title=ANC resorts to crowdfunding to raise money to pay staff |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/anc-resorts-to-crowdfunding-to-raise-money-to-pay-staff-20210828 |access-date=13 September 2021 |work=News24 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210913073758/https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/anc-resorts-to-crowdfunding-to-raise-money-to-pay-staff-20210828 |archive-date= September 13, 2021 }}</ref> By November 2021, its Cape Town staff was approaching their fourth month without salaries, while medical aid and provident fund contributions had been suspended in various provinces.<ref name="lud1">{{cite news |last1=Ludidi |first1=Velani |date=15 November 2021 |title=ANC staff picket over unpaid salaries |publisher=IOL |agency=Weekend Argus |url=https://www.iol.co.za/weekend-argus/news/anc-staff-picket-over-unpaid-salaries-8cd2a71d-aa4d-4076-9ab8-7e4b4ff5043b |access-date=16 November 2021}}</ref> The party has countered that the Political Party Funding Act, which prohibits anonymous contributions, has dissuaded some donors who previously injected money for salaries.<ref name="teb1">{{cite news |last1=Tebele |first1=Karabo |date=28 July 2022 |title=ANC staff members to continue picket at Nasrec over unpaid salaries |agency=CapeTalk 567AM |url=https://www.capetalk.co.za/articles/450827/anc-staff-members-to-continue-picket-at-nasrec-over-unpaid-salaries |access-date=4 August 2022 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220804100317/https://www.capetalk.co.za/articles/450827/anc-staff-members-to-continue-picket-at-nasrec-over-unpaid-salaries |archive-date= 4 August 2022 }}</ref>