The SACP General Secretary said although they were happy with the ANC and its local government election manifesto, alliance partners had to take on an oversight role.
“Let me give this challenge to Cosatu and the Communist Party: That after the elections, we must force the ANC to fulfil all that is contained in their manifesto. It should be us who raise these issues, not the opposition; it should be us raising the issues about our party,” Nzimande told the gathering.
He said the killing of Siya Mkhize, an ANC councillor candidate in Cato Manor in Durban was a reminder that political killings were still taking place, and no-one had been arrested. “People get killed and no-one is arrested, we must stand up and make sure that they are arrested. There was once a Moerane commission that investigated but we are not seeing any action. Let us stand up and make sure that the killing of one another over position ends,” Nzimande pleaded.
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