By Thapelo Molefe and Simon Nare
The ANC has rejected participation in the upcoming “Conference of the Left” convened by the South African Communist Party (SACP).
ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula accused the initiative of being a political project aimed at undermining the governing party.
Addressing the media after a meeting of the ANC National Executive Committee (NEC) on Tuesday, Mbalula said the ANC would not attend the conference scheduled for the Birchwood Hotel in Boksburg from Friday to Sunday.
“The ANC will not participate in this conference,” Mbalula said.
“We have, however, invited the leadership of the SACP to a principal level engagement on the underlying questions in the standing discipline of the alliance.”
Among the parties that have confirmed attendance are the Economic Freedom Fighters, Umkhonto weSizwe Party, Azanian People’s Organisation, Pan Africanist Congress of Azania, Mayibuye Afrika, Socialist Party of Azania, Bolshevik Party of South Africa and the National
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