Intra-party fights between the ANC and SACP called a seasonal drama.
President Cyril Ramaphosa cuts a large cake alongside other senior party members during the ANC’s 113th anniversary celebrations in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, on 11 January 2025. Picture: Rodger Bosch / AFP
He said the alliance would not disintegrate because the ANC alliance partners, SACP and Cosatu, will never leave as they are also compromised by serving on the same government of national unity they oppose.Political analyst and emerging scholar at the North-West University Mahikeng campus, Dominic Maphaka, said South Africa should expect no drama in the ensuing feud because it was a seasonal brotherly fight that was going nowhere.
“It will never result in the breakup of the alliance for a number of reasons. Firstly, the SACP and Cosatu are ideologically and structurally compromised to the extent that some of their members serve in the GNU ministerial portfolios.“This deepens the masses’ apathy towards the SACP, which has been demonstrated in the past when the organisation contested elections. The tensions are a reflection of the collective position taken by the SACP,” he said.
She hailed the implementation of the national minimum wage and paid parental and maternity leave as the ANC’s work.
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