The SACP confirmed they won't attend an ANC event to celebrate 100 days of the GNU, despite Fikile Mbalula saying that the DA and ANC aren't in an alliance.
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The SACP have decided to boycott an ANC event because it's unhappy with the GNU, despite Fikile Mbablula clarifying they weren't in an alliance with the ANC. Image: Lefty Shivambu/ Papi Morake.One of the party’s tripartite alliance members has declined an invitation to the commemoration event at Luthuli House.
SACP secretary-general Solly Mapaila said they would not be attending Monday’s event as a matter of principle. "We have rejected the invitation, we will not be going. Albeit it’s been laced together with thanking the people who voted for the ANC, for which we were in the campaign, it feels sad, but we will not be going," a statement from the party read.Mbalula once again reiteratedNational chairperson Michael Beaumont said the party was content not to have joined the GNU.Byron Pillay is a Current Affairs Editor at Briefly News. He received a Diploma in Journalism from the Caxton Cadet School.
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