Pro-Nzimande lobby claims another victim

The SACP in Gauteng has suspended its chairperson, Nkosiphendule Kolisile. This is seen as cementing support for Blade Nzimande.

Leaders rally behind alliance

The importance of a strong tripartite alliance was the rallying call of leaders addressing Cosatu’s May Day rally in Cape Town on Sunday.

SACP won't back ANC 'cronies'

Alliance partner's KwaZulu-Natal structures say they will ignore candidates who do not have grassroots backing.

Fractured support unites North West

The ANC's coming North West conference is likely to mark the end of the traditional practice of electing leaders from "slates".

From Gear to Tear

Cosatu's isolation has increased following the endorsement of the government's controversial new growth path proposals by the SACP.

Strong alliance

Cosatu president Sidumo Dlamini re-affirms the organisations commitment to the alliance. Cosatu, ANC, SACP and SANCO.

Vavi: SACP criticism 'informed by love'

Zwelinzima Vavi has defended his call for SACP boss Blade Nzimande to resign from government at the Young Communist League national conference.

Numsa rejects new growth path

Metal workers union has added its voice to rejection of government's new growth path.

Vavi: Alliance is best force for liberation

The alliance between the ANC, Cosatu, SACP and SANCO remains the biggest force for national liberation, Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi said.

Croninism: a guide for civil society

Contradictory statements reveal a communist successfully contained by the mainstream

Young communists brace for a fight

Buti Manamela's position as the national secretary of the YCL will be challenged when the league holds its national congress in two weeks' time.

Hijacking ‘an attempted hit’

SACP says attack on Mpumalanga politician ‘linked to rumours he will be made premier’

Nzimande warns of 'huge liberal offensive'

Print media in SA was a threat to democracy, South African Communist Party general secretary Blade Nzimande said in a report published on Tuesday.

SACP falls in line behind the president

The Mail & Guardian spoke to Blade Nzimande, the SACP general secretary, during the ANC conference.

Nzimande: SA media is threat to democracy

South Africa's media posed a threat to democracy, South African Communist Party general secretary Blade Nzimande said in a media report on Monday.

'I was right about the left'

Booed last week, Billy Masetlha now feels vindicated by President Jacob Zuma's handling of affairs.

Are you a nationalist or a communist?

That’s what ANC members will need to decide before the 2012 national conference, the battle lines of which are being drawn with much public fighting.

Mantashe: A hat too many?

Hostility towards the left grows in the ANC following the booing of Julius Malema by delegates at the SACP’s special conference in Polokwane last week

Manamela: SACP not trying to take over ANC

The SACP is not trying to take over the ANC, said Young Communist League leader Buti Manamela on Wednesday.

Malema: Zuma will never surrender to communists

ANCYL president Julius Malema on Tuesday vowed to ensure that President Jacob Zuma would never "surrender" to the influence of communists.

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