SACP leaders have been working hard behind the scenes to discourage a contest over leaders, saying this was likely to divide the party.
Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has cautioned against the communist party’s consideration of independently contesting the 2019 general elections.
The South African Communist Party says its trust in its alliance partner has been broken by its failure to implement the 2007 Polokwane resolution.
Mapaila said having Ramaphosa address the gathering would help avoid tension between the SACP and its ANC allies.
Key region and its allies will have only five months to consolidate support
"the security service industry is lucrative: South Africans spent in excess of R45-billion on private security last year alone."
Zuma’s suggestion, presented on the last day of the ANC’s national policy conference, took delegates by surprise and was met with hesitation.
The ANC says South Africa has elements of a colour revolution: the role of NGOs in nonviolent response to no leadership, corruption and state failure
The ANC national policy conference has proposed that the term white monopoly capital not be used in its vocabulary
The ANC chair said opposition parties have a right to settle disputes in court