By Thapelo Molefe
South African Communist Party (SACP) Secretary-General Solly Mapaila says the country’s working class can no longer afford to remain divided, as the Conference of the Left concluded on Sunday with a commitment to coordinate campaigns against unemployment, poverty, inequality and privatisation.
Addressing delegates at the close of the three-day conference in Boksburg, Mapaila said the gathering had demonstrated the possibility of cooperation among left-wing political parties, trade unions, community organisations and social movements despite their differences.
“The working class of South Africa can no longer afford fragmentation, passivity and sectarianism or endless tactical paralysis,” Mapaila said.
“The working class has no reason to remain divided at this hour of its need.”
The conference adopted a political declaration and agreed to establish a Council of the Left, a coordinating structure that will bring together participating organisations to drive campaigns and programmes agreed to during the conference.
Mapaila said
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