The African National Congress (ANC) has resolved to defer its discussion on the South African Communist Party (SACP)’s decision to contest elections independently to its regular National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting sometime next month.
It is currently hosting a Special NEC to discuss the state of local government with several mayors and their MMCs from its governed metros.
Initially, it said that it will discuss dual membership of both ANC and SACP members this weekend, following the party’s decision to go it alone at the 2026 polls.
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But speaking to SABC News on the sidelines of their Special NEC meeting, ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula says they first want to have a bilateral with the SACP before discussing the matter at the NEC level.
“We are not going to discuss that it is coming in the regular NEC meeting. It’s up for discussion, and we have adopted a perspective on the party. So, we will discuss that, but it will be preceded by a bilateral meeting with the communist party. So it is better before we pronounce on anything, we finalise our bilateral with the party, as you would know that we are opposed to the party standing on its own. But if it has to happen, we have got to process a strategic debate on if it happens, how it happens.”
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