African Content Movement

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| president = Hlaudi Motsoeneng

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| website = {{URL|https://acmovement.org.za}}

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The African Content Movement (ACM) is a South African political party founded in December 2018 by former SABC acting COO Hlaudi Motsoeneng.{{Cite news|url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2018-12-13-big-dreams-hlaudi-motsoeneng-visualises-himself-walking-into-union-buildings-as-president/|title=Big dreams: Hlaudi Motsoeneng visualises himself walking into Union Buildings as president|last=Umraw|first=Amal|date=13 December 2018|work=Times Live|access-date=30 December 2018}}{{Cite news|url=https://ewn.co.za/2018/12/13/we-are-going-to-eat-change-hlaudi-motsoeneng-launches-african-content-movement|title='We are going to eat change' - Motsoeneng Launches ACM|last=Sekhotho|first=Katleho|date=13 December 2018|work=EWN Eyewitness News|access-date=30 December 2018}}

History

At the party launch, Motsoeneng claimed he would become president, that the country would produce 90% of its requirements, that the economy shall be in the hands of the people, make company workers shareholders, force foreign companies to leave the country and reduce social grants.

The party currently has two seats in Gauteng municipalities after local councillors from the Randfontein People's Party joined the ACM.{{Cite web |url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2019-03-22-the-crib-sheet-to-the-political-parties-contesting-the-2019-polls-part-one/ |title=2019 ELECTIONS: The crib-sheet to the political parties contesting the 2019 polls, Part One |last=Davis |first=Rebecca |website=Daily Maverick |date=21 March 2019 |access-date=2019-04-05}}

It also won two seats in Maluti a Phofung in the 2021 municipal election.{{cite web |title=Election results in FS194 - Maluti a Phofung 2021 |url=https://results.elections.org.za/home/LGEPublicReports/1091/Seat%20Calculation%20Detail/FS/FS194.pdf |date=2022-12-01 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240814162710/https://results.elections.org.za/home/LGEPublicReports/1091/Seat%20Calculation%20Detail/FS/FS194.pdf |archive-date=2024-08-14 |url-status=live}}

In March 2019, Motsoeneng encouraged former president Jacob Zuma to join the ACM, stating that they shared the same views on transformation.{{Cite web |url=https://ewn.co.za/2019/03/19/motsoeneng-wants-zuma-in-the-acm |title=Motsoeneng wants Zuma to join the ACM |last=Kajee |first=Ahmed |website=ewn.co.za |language=en |access-date=2019-04-05}}

The party contested the 2019 general election, with Motsoeneng, and actress and former Idols South Africa judge Marah Louw in first and second places respectively on the party's national list, winning 0.03% of the vote and failing to win a seat.

Motsoeneng stated that he "was not really serious and at the time [...] did not even understand the art of politics" but that he intends to contest the 2024 general election both nationally and in the Free State province.{{Cite web |last=Njilo |first=Nonkululeko |date=2024-01-15 |title=Hlaudi Motsoeneng vying for seat in Parliament: 'I am loved across SA' |url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-01-15-i-dont-need-a-manifesto-to-run-my-household-says-confident-hlaudi-motsoeneng/ |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=Daily Maverick |language=en}}

Election results

= National Assembly elections =

! Election

! Party leader

! Total votes

! Share of vote

! Seats

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! Government

! 2019

| rowspan=2 |Hlaudi Motsoeneng

| 4,841

| 0.03%

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| {{no|Extra-parliamentary}}

!2024

| 5,107

| 0.03%{{efn|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.}}

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|{{steady}} 0

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=Provincial elections=

! rowspan=2 | Election{{Cite web|url=https://www.elections.org.za/NPEDashboard/app/dashboard.html|title=Results Dashboard|website=www.elections.org.za|access-date=2019-05-11|archive-date=11 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190511040502/https://www.elections.org.za/NPEDashboard/app/dashboard.html|url-status=dead}}

! colspan=2 | Eastern Cape

! colspan=2 | Free State

! colspan=2 | Gauteng

! colspan=2 | Kwazulu-Natal

! colspan=2 | Limpopo

! colspan=2 | Mpumalanga

! colspan=2 | North-West

! colspan=2 | Northern Cape

! colspan=2 | Western Cape

! % !! Seats

! 2019

| 0.02 || 0/63