Pretoria - The tripartite alliance could not be alive only when the local government elections were looming, said Kgabo Morifi, Tshwane district co-ordinator for the Young Communist League.
He was directing his statement at the ANC.
“After the ANC wins elections, then the alliance is used as a Unisa relationship; or a long-distance relationship,” Morifi said.
Morifi was speaking during the 94th anniversary of the South African Communist Party (SACP) celebrations at the Wesley Methodist Church in Pretoria on Saturday.
The SACP is an alliance partner of the ANC and Cosatu although the tripartite alliance have not always seen eye to eye on some recent issues.
Morifi said that, when the ANC was criticised by the SACP, it was out of love and not because they were detractors.
“We raise issues because we care.
“So if we see you wasting money, we will tell you.”
He noted that it was the first time the ANC leadership had honoured an invitation and hoped it showed signs of a revived relationship.
Apson Makaung, the SACP district secretary in the Greater Tshwane region, spoke of the history of the party.
“We are an independent political party of the workers of this country.
“We must think about the comrades who died fighting for our democracy. Some people steal our red colour.
“This red colour signifies the blood shed by the heroes and heroines who died for our liberation,” Makaung said.
He said one could not be called a revolutionary if they did not have love.
“You cannot be a revolutionary if you do not love this country,” he said.
Among the speakers at the event were Bassam Elhussiny, the ambassador of Palestine in South Africa.
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