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The ANC’s claim on black voters still rests on a story of deliverance. The SACP’s claim rests on a story of unfinished deliverance. Both stories derive legitimacy from the same past but they license different futures
2026 MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS

Mbalula: SACP’s decision to contest elections will split members

There are concerns that the decision will weaken the ANC in future elections

  • Mandisa Makgakga
4 min read
Solly Mapaila at the African National Congress (ANC) 112th anniversary at Mbombela Stadium on January 13, 2024. (Photo by Dirk Kotze/Gallo Images via Getty Images)
ANC

SACP set to confirm independent 2026 election bid at tripartite alliance meeting

President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for its alliance partners, the SACP and labour federation Cosatu, to unite to return the ANC to power

  • Mandisa Makgakga
5 min read
Julius Malema, leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), during a rally at Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane, South Africa, on Saturday, May 25, 2024. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
AUTHORITARIAN NATIONALISM

Reevaluating the EFF and MK: Authoritarian nationalism versus leftism

The uMkhonto weSizwe party’s policies are on the extreme right while the confused Economic Freedom Fighters are best described as authoritarian populism

  • Imraan Buccus
8 min read