Delegates to the SACP’s fifth Special National Congress will reassess its partnership with the ANC, citing declining electoral fortunes and growing voter discon
Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email.Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email. will use its December conference to review its decades-long relationship with the ANC, over concerns that the partnership has undermined its political independence and diluted its influence.
“In a less flattering way, certainly among print-media reading middle strata, we might be thought of as a party that supposedly keeps threatening to break from the ANC, but never does.
“The SACP will contribute to the alliance’s election manifesto for the 2026 local government elections and may also consider issuing a separate ‘Local Government Statement’ to emphasise specific socialist perspectives,” the document read. Such collaborations would align with shared goals, including advocating for a universal basic income grant, expanding public employment programmes, opposing budget cuts affecting workers and the poor and advancing its financial sector campaign.
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