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THE SOUTH AFRICAN Communist Party hit out at “state capture” by the wealthy Gupta family yesterday, putting itself at odds with trade unions and the ANC.
The SACP’s central committee endorsed comments made by second deputy general secretary Solly Mapaila last week criticising the decision to abandon a probe into allegations of undue influence by the Guptas over government.
ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe dropped the investigation after only one person was willing to make a submission. But the Communist Party’s post-committee statement said the ANC was “misguided” to “dismiss concern about corporate capture as if it were just a marginal issue.”
ROGER MCKENZIE recalls the one-in-a-generation communist leader murdered at the dawn of a new South Africa 33 years ago last April 10
ROGER McKENZIE looks at how ancient traditions practiced today can be the cornerstone of anti-imperialism in Africa
The shared path of the South African Communist Party and the ANC to the ballot box has found itself at a junction. SABINA PRICE reports
