CHARLES MOLELE
THE South African Communist Party, an alliance partner of the African National Congress (ANC) that has grown increasingly disillusioned, has announced that it is exploring the option of running independently in the upcoming 2024 general elections.
This follows the SACP’s Augmented Central Committee meeting that took place at the weekend.
According to Solly Mapaila, General Secretary of the SACP, the Augmented Central Committee has decided after two weeks of robust discussions with the party’s provincial and district structures that their preferred approach to contesting the 2024 general elections would be with an effective and reconfigured alliance.
“By a reconfiguration, we mean a common alliance commitment to defend and advance the National Democratic Revolution (NDR), based on the vision of the Freedom Charter,” said Mapaila.
“This is the position of the SACP as we approach the 2024 elections or any by-election. The meeting also agreed that should a satisfactory
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