Cape Town - The South African Communist Party (SACP) would on Friday begin planning its strategy for the next two years through its Augmented Central Committee plenary session (ACC), focusing on issues such as the African National Congress-led tripartite alliance.
“The main objective of the Augmented Central Committee (ACC) is to develop a plan of action that the SACP must implement from now to November 2016 and from November 2016 to 2017,” said SACP spokesperson Alex Mashilo.
“The focus will be on an analysis of the current political situation in the tripartite alliance in the country as a whole and this will be linked to the economic situation and the state of social transformation,” he said.
The ACC, which would begin on Friday morning, took place in Benoni and would continue until Sunday.
Those attending the annual plenary included “delegates representing all SACP districts in good standing from across the country”.
On the agenda for Friday was the presentation of the Secretariat Political Report as well as a discussion about the state of the tripartite alliance.
Media reports recently signalled tension between the SACP and alliance party the African National Congress of late, particularly in regards to the ANC Youth League. This allegedly stemmed from rumours SACP secretary-general and Minister for Higher Education and Training Blade Nzimande had led succession discussions about President Jacob Zuma.
“It is common cause that Blade Nzimande did not open any succession debate,” said Mashilo on Wednesday.
“All Nzimande said is that it is wrong that our movement must experience a turmoil every time it enters into a period of leadership transition as it happened towards Polokwane and that a clear, coherent and consistently applied policy to manage transitions and deal with the problems that arise in relation to it must be developed.”
Thus, it was expected much of the ACC would revolve around the SACP’s relationship with its ANC partner and, as Mashilo put it, “the unity and cohesion of the motive forces of the national democratic revolution”.
African News Agency