When workers marched and criticised the macroeconomic direction under Minister Trevor Manuel, it was never about personalities. It was about policy. It was about defending jobs, state capacity and redistribution
At a Joe Slovo commemoration, Ramaphosa warned the communist party that going it alone would be a historic mistake and undermine the broader liberation alliance
This was the year that was — South Africa’s chequered 2025, a year that ends not with resolution, but with reckoning
Earlier this week, ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula said those belonging to both parties would have to choose between the ANC and the SACP
The communist party has rejected overtures from its alliance partner and will contest the 2026 local government elections independently
There are concerns that the decision will weaken the ANC in future elections
Vuyo Zungula insists the party will remain independent, despite its alliance with Jacob Zuma’s party
The South African Communist Party is among 192 political parties that had not met the deadline to register with the Electoral Commission of South Africa
Violence monitor Mary de Haas months ago called for an investigation into the allegedly exorbitant spending on and by the team
President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for its alliance partners, the SACP and labour federation Cosatu, to unite to return the ANC to power
Deputy President Paul Mashatile said the president would soon reveal the fate of the contentious law after months of deliberations and consultations
ANC deputy president Paul Mashatile said the party’s national executive committee respected the SACP’s decision to campaign alone for 2026 local government elections
The South African Communist Party has rejected claims of collaborating with the uMkhonto weSizwe party, describing it as a counter-revolutionary organisation
The party will hold a special policy conference to decide on how to reconfigure its longstanding alliance with the ANC
The decision comes at the end of the parole period of the man who murdered the community party leader in 1993
SACP secretary general Solly Mapaila said the party would not leave the alliance although it was unhappy with elements of it
Communists say their political identity and influence have been diluted
Delegates to the SACP’s fifth Special National Congress will reassess its partnership with the ANC, citing declining electoral fortunes and growing voter discontent
Solly Mapaila has accused ANC leaders of publicly lying about consulting the party’s alliance partners on the government of national unity
Strains are evident, but a cabinet ‘clearing house’ will offer the unity government a way of dealing with disputes
