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Demonstrators protest outside the Kgosi Mampuru prison in Pretoria, South Africa, against the release on parole of Janusz Walus, convicted killer of South African Communist Party leader, Chris Hani, on poster, November 30, 2022
THE South African Communist Party (SACP) will run candidates in next year’s local government elections, it was announced today.
SACP general secretary Solly Mapaila told a special congress of the party in Boksburg that a decision had been taken to break the long-standing alliance with the African National Congress (ANC) for those elections.
The decision follows a bilateral meeting with the ANC on November 24, where the SACP outlined its dissatisfaction with the current government of national unity.
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