The communist party has rejected overtures from its alliance partner and will contest the 2026 local government elections independently
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There are concerns that the decision will weaken the ANC in future elections
Vuyo Zungula insists the party will remain independent, despite its alliance with Jacob Zuma’s party
The South African Communist Party is among 192 political parties that had not met the deadline to register with the Electoral Commission of South Africa
Violence monitor Mary de Haas months ago called for an investigation into the allegedly exorbitant spending on and by the team
President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for its alliance partners, the SACP and labour federation Cosatu, to unite to return the ANC to power
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Deputy President Paul Mashatile said the president would soon reveal the fate of the contentious law after months of deliberations and consultations
ANC deputy president Paul Mashatile said the party’s national executive committee respected the SACP’s decision to campaign alone for 2026 local government elections
The South African Communist Party has rejected claims of collaborating with the uMkhonto weSizwe party, describing it as a counter-revolutionary organisation
The party will hold a special policy conference to decide on how to reconfigure its longstanding alliance with the ANC
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The decision comes at the end of the parole period of the man who murdered the community party leader in 1993
SACP secretary general Solly Mapaila said the party would not leave the alliance although it was unhappy with elements of it
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Communists say their political identity and influence have been diluted
Delegates to the SACP’s fifth Special National Congress will reassess its partnership with the ANC, citing declining electoral fortunes and growing voter discontent
Solly Mapaila has accused ANC leaders of publicly lying about consulting the party’s alliance partners on the government of national unity
Strains are evident, but a cabinet ‘clearing house’ will offer the unity government a way of dealing with disputes
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The writer grew and evolved in exile — but he never truly left South Africa
The president said he believed citizens were still enamoured with the party but that it had work to do regarding renewal and rebuilding
Gordhan’s last political act was to call for a ‘reset’ and a return to progressive politics
John and Gayton are driving the comrades’ cars, eating their
lunch and hogging their headlines
The president said the party had entered uncharted territory following its failure to secure an outright majority in the 29 May general elections
The shack dwellers movement, Abahlali baseMjondolo, in a mass meeting recalled and expelled senior members who made a deal with a funeral association linked to Jacob Zuma and VBS Bank
The uMkhonto weSizwe party’s policies are on the extreme right while the confused Economic Freedom Fighters are best described as authoritarian populism
Building a leftist party to contest future elections will require exorcising existing organisations of their Stalinism — or creating something from a much smaller base
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The labour movement helped end apartheid and usher in Mandela’s coalition government. Its currently diminished position is cause for anxiety as the ANC forges new political alliances
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Despite what some say about the Takatso deal’s collapse, the private sector has made strong inroads at public enterprises
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Some consider the decision to tap the forex reserve as a sign that the state can be swayed by the left. But the ANC-led government knows exactly how to neutralise progressive forces
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State capture is often cited as the the reason for the department’s ongoing failures, but its problems run far deeper
The SACP says the finance minister’s proposed spending cuts are an inappropriate response the country’s economic problems
We need to begin any analysis with the realisation that capitalism has few winners
Can the South African Communist Party exist effectively and independently of the ANC?
Can the South African Communist Party exist effectively and independently?