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ANC Secretary General Fikile Mbalula is seen alongside party officials as he briefs the media on the party’s Local Government Action Plan at Luthuli House in Johannesburg on 20 April 2026.
All African National Congress (ANC) and South African Communist Party (SACP) members will be given 10 days to respond if they will be campaigning for the ANC or for their party.
Speaking at a media briefing in Johannesburg earlier on Monday, ANC Secretary General Fikile Mbalula said that he would be issuing letters to all communists on Thursday.
This flows from the ANC Special National Executive Committee meeting held a fortnight ago.
The one-day meeting was called to discuss the SACP’s decision to contest elections independently.
Mbalula says in the upcoming local elections, communists will have to choose between the ANC and the SACP, insisting they can’t have it both.
He says there will be consequences for those who failed to respond within the 10-day deadline.
[WATCH] A letter will be written by the Secretary-General to all ANC members including those that are in the SACP to respond in 10 days on whether they will campaign for the ANC or the SACP (10 days will begin on Thursday) #YearOfDecisiveAction #LocalGovtActionplan pic.twitter.com/LeGZb9fkvR
— ANC – African National Congress (@MYANC) April 20, 2026
Meanwhile, the ANC says its Local Government Action Plan is beginning to bear fruit. This is part of the party’s Year of Decisive Action in 2026 plan which aims to stabilise municipal governance and accelerate service delivery.
Some of its key features include placing eight pilot municipalities under turnaround plans.
Mbalula says six of the eight municipalities have already been stabilised.
He says they have managed to restore 31 passenger rail corridors and enforced stricter accountability for their deployed councillors to improve financial and administrative management.
ANC Local Government Action Plan media briefing:
