Johannesburg - The SA Communist Party (SACP) should remain within the ANC-led alliance and help rebuild it, ANC spokesman Zizi Kodwa said on Monday.
"The SACP leaving the alliance will not help it or the ANC...there will be no winner out of that. The SACP should emerge from that conference with the aim to strengthen the alliance," Kodwa said.
#SACP Cronin: The Party is frustrated that the Alliance Political Council keeps being postponed. #SACPCongress
— SACP (@SACP1921) July 10, 2017
The SACP, whose leaders have in recent times criticised President Jacob Zuma's leadership, is holding it's 14th congress to elect new leaders. The party is expected to decide whether it would leave the alliance and contest future elections alone or keep endorsing the African National Congress that is marred by internal battles and factionalism.
#SACP Nzimande: We don't know whether the ANC will unite or self-destruct. #SACPCongress
— SACP (@SACP1921) July 10, 2017
The SACP has followed suit and banned Zuma from addressing its events, including the congress, held in Ekurhuleni. The other alliance partner, Congress of South African Trade Unions, also banned Zuma from speaking at its events following a chaotic Workers Day rally in the Free State, where Zuma was heckled by workers and could not deliver his key note address.
#SACP Mapaila: We have asked President Zuma to step down. We'd thus prefer that any other leader is sent by ANC to address #SACPCongress
— SACP (@SACP1921) July 10, 2017
The SACP congress ends on Saturday.