The South African Communist Party says its alliance partner the ANC has no right to stop it from contesting elections independently.
The party’s General Secretary Solly Mapaila says the SACP remains resolute in its decision to contest elections on its own next year. This comes as the Independent Electoral Commission issued a notice to de-register the South African Communist Party (SACP) and 91 other inactive political parties.
The IEC has since cleared the SACP and deemed it fit to contest the elections.
As the party gears up to contest the local government election in 2026, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has resolved to support and campaign for the Communist Party.
The SACP is still firm on its decision to contest the election independently, saying nothing will make it reverse its decision. This is despite the ANC opposing the decision by its alliance partner.
According to the ANC, this decision by the communist party will further divide what it called the progressive vote in the country.
But, Mapaila is not backing down, “The ANC would have no right to stop us from contesting elections. We are an independent organisation in our own right, we are an alliance of the ANC, we discuss these matters of our alliance relationship, our movement is a dual membership system.”
The communist party wants the DA out of the Government of National Unity. It says even though it’s against the VAT increase – deeming it a tool meant to punish the poor – the Democratic Alliance’s position on the fiscal frame is not genuine. This after the DA voted against the fiscal framework due to the ANC’s refusal to accede to its demands to scrape the Expropriation Act in exchange for their vote.
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