The frustrated SACP announced last week that they would be contesting the upcoming 2026 local government elections alone without the ANC.
ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula reiterated that they would assess the implications on their relationship with the SACP because contesting against them was not a good thing.Despite SACP saying they will solely contest the local elections without the African National Congress , the ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula said they will not unplug the SACP members who are serving as ministers and others working in government from their positions, because it would be apolitical.
The communist party’s general secretary Solly Mapaila said the decision to contest the elections was taken last year because they wanted to support the ANC in the May 29 national and provincial elections. However, the contest turned out to be a flop because it could not win a single ward of the 21 wards that were contested.
Speaking to the media on the sidelines of the ANC National Working Committee and Gauteng PEC in Boksburg on Monday, Mbalula said they were not going to remove anyone.
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