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SACP general secretary Solly Mapaila dismissed the notion of any alignment with MK. (Photo by Dirk Kotze/Gallo Images via Getty Images)
ALLIANCE

SACP calls against an ANC and uMkhonto weSizwe party coalition

The South African Communist Party has rejected claims of collaborating with the uMkhonto weSizwe party, describing it as a counter-revolutionary organisation

  • Mandisa Makgakga
4 min read
Futile: Palestinians live among the wreck and rubble of buildings destroyed by Israeli Defence Forces in Gaza. Photo: Abed Rahim Khatib/Anadolu/Getty Images
ALLIANCE

Secret alliance: Israel and apartheid South Africa’s nuclear collaboration

With both countries intent on keeping in check the ‘barbarians at the gate’, South Africa used its uranium reserves and Israeli technical support to develop its nuclear programme

  • Sõzarn Barday
6 min read
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

Zuma unfazed by alliance squabbles

In-fighting among alliance partners is expected to top the agenda of the last ANC NEC meeting on Monday, but Jacob Zuma seems unfazed by the squabbles

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read
ALLIANCE

Mantashe: ANC must remain political centre

The ANC must remain the political centre of the ruling alliance, party secretary general and SACP chairperson Gwede Mantashe said on Thursday.

  • Staff Reporter
4 min read