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Fikile Mbalula , the Secretary General of ANC
The Secretary General of the African National Congress (ANC), Fikile Mbalula, says the alliance with the South African Communist Party (SACP) is at a crossroads.
Addressing delegates at the 16th ANC Greater Johannesburg Regional Conference in Sandton, Mbalula confirms that the SACP has resolved to contest the upcoming local government elections independently.
Earlier this week, ANC Gauteng chairperson Panyaza Lesufi urged members not to allow the alliance to collapse.
Mbalula warns that the SACP’s decision will have serious implications for both local and national elections.
“When the party contests on its own, that means communists who used to be with us in the trenches are now going to be distinctly on the other side. We do not know what they will be campaigning on. We said that this is not good for the party, but we couldn’t find each other. The communists have started campaigning in different by-elections. Comrades, I’m reporting to you that we have failed to agree that the party must revisit that resolution.”
[WATCH] We informed the SACP that this resolution is not good for the alliance. As the ANC we stated that this decision can’t lie only between us and the SACP, we must involve other components such as COSATU and SANCO. We must now ask the workers who to vote for, this resolution… pic.twitter.com/oSQ1vxQBdi
— ANC SECRETARY GENERAL | Fikile Mbalula (@MbalulaFikile) December 4, 2025
Mbalula says that the party can still win if it can remain strong and active.
[WATCH] We can only win back if we are strong, if our branches are strong and active. The ANC has never gone to elections because polls favour us, polls have always predicted that we won’t do well but we fought to win. #ANCRenewal pic.twitter.com/9ufYU6HZRw
— ANC SECRETARY GENERAL | Fikile Mbalula (@MbalulaFikile) December 4, 2025
The Secretary General states that in order for the party to perform good, they need to start hiring people who are qualified.
[WATCH] We must hire people who are qualified in our municipalities. People who have capacity. We need to question the type of people who employ to lead in such crucial positions. That is key in our renewal of the organisation. #ANCRenewal pic.twitter.com/PP9NPNbuyl
— ANC SECRETARY GENERAL | Fikile Mbalula (@MbalulaFikile) December 4, 2025
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