The South African Communist Party (SACP) says the false claims of Afrikaner refugees who recently left for the United States of America (USA) are aimed at forcing South Africa to halt its transformation policies. The communist party also says the country is being penalised for taking Israel to the International Court of Justice (ICJ). This is contained in a post-political bureau (Politburo) statement of the party issued on Monday following a meeting on Friday last week in Johannesburg. “The Politburo…

The Chris Hani family has added its voice to the calls to have a full inquest into the April 1993 assassination of the late ANC bigwig and South African Communist Party (SACP) General Secretary in Boksburg. The family’s support for the call comes after last week the country commemorated the 32nd anniversary of the death of the anti-apartheid stalwart in Hani’s ancestral village of Sabalele in Cofimvaba in the Eastern Cape. In a statement by the family, spokesperson Mphatheli Hani…

The South African Communist Party (SACP) is among the 192 “inactive” political parties the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) intends to deregister. The SACP is an alliance partner of the ANC and has resolved to contest the 2026 local government elections outside the umbrella of the alliance, which includes the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and the South African National Civil Organisation (SANCO).  Also facing deregistration is the African Radical Economic Transformation Alliance (ARETA), which was founded…

The South African Communist Party (SACP) has vehemently opposed alleged plans to hike value-added tax (VAT) from 15 percent to 16 Percent when Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana tables the 2024/2025 budget on Wednesday. The communist party says the fact that the mooted move was reported by some media houses appears to form part of a wider propaganda campaign driven by a certain circle within the National Treasury.  “This circle is pushing to increase VAT further after it was hiked from…

The South African Communist Party (SACP) has renewed its call for an inquest to uncover the full truth behind the 1993 assassination of Chris Hani, who was gunned down outside his Boksburg home on 10 April 1993. The party maintains that justice delayed is justice denied. In a statement issued today, 29 January 2025, the SACP responded to a recorded interview with Janusz Waluś, aired by eNCA on Sunday, calling for a renewed effort to establish the complete facts surrounding…

The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) in KwaZulu-Natal says the highly publicised intention to close down the ArcelorMittal steel plant in Newcastle and elsewhere is a ploy to force the government to pour in public money to save the company. According to Edwin Mkhize, the provincial secretary of COSATU in the province, the company is exploiting the reality that South Africa is facing a high unemployment rate and the government would frantically do anything to save jobs. Mkhize…

South African Communist Party (SACP) General Secretary Solly Mapaila has defended the party’s decision to dump the ANC and contest elections independently, saying they sought to protect the revolution rather than act as observers when the Democratic Alliance (DA) has more influence in government than the communist party. He says the SACP wants to “tackle capital directly”, improve the lives of South Africans and strengthen the ANC-led alliance rather than weaken it, as critics claim. Mapaila spoke at the Avalon…

The South African National Civics Organisation (SANCO) in KwaZulu-Natal has dismissed allegations that it recently cut ties with the ANC in the province because it wanted to join forces with the Umkhonto Wesizwe (MK) Party. The provincial chairperson of the civic organisation, Lawrence Dube, says they “will never”’ join forces with the Jacob Zuma led splinter party. SANCO is part of the ANC-led alliance alongside the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu), the South African Communist Party (SACP). Dube…

The ANC in KwaZulu-Natal has swiftly moved to prevent a total split with the South African National Civic Organisation, the fourth member of the alliance. Yesterday, the party met with the civic organization’s leadership to iron out their differences and map a way forward following last week’s “divorce.” The meeting over the matter continued today (Monday) and it was joined by COSATU and the SACP in the province. The meeting was called after last week SANCO announced that it was…

A leader of the South African Communist Party (SACP) in KwaZulu-Natal has made bold claims that during the negotiations, the ANC focused on managing white fears and abandoned black people. Themba Mthembu who is the provincial secretary of the communist party also claimed that the coalition the country has now was hatched back in 1986 during the early stages of the negotiations between the ANC and the apartheid government. Mthembu made these claims on Thursday during a roundtable discussion organized…