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The SACP has long agitated for more autonomy and influence over state policy.

Mbalula: SACP’s decision to contest elections will split members

There are concerns that the decision will weaken the ANC in future elections

  • Eyaaz
4 min read
Solly Mapaila at the African National Congress (ANC) 112th anniversary at Mbombela Stadium on January 13, 2024. (Photo by Dirk Kotze/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

SACP set to confirm independent 2026 election bid at tripartite alliance meeting

President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for its alliance partners, the SACP and labour federation Cosatu, to unite to return the ANC to power

  • Des Erasmus
5 min read
Julius Malema, leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), during a rally at Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane, South Africa, on Saturday, May 25, 2024. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Reevaluating the EFF and MK: Authoritarian nationalism versus leftism

The uMkhonto weSizwe party’s policies are on the extreme right while the confused Economic Freedom Fighters are best described as authoritarian populism

  • Des Erasmus
8 min read