SACP to unveil candidate councillors for local government elections in Western Cape
As the local government elections approach, the SACP in the Western Cape gears up to unveil its candidate councillors and launch a manifesto aimed at empowering the working class.
The South African Communist Party (SACP) in the Western Cape will reveal its list of candidate councillors for the upcoming local government elections in November. Provincial secretary Benson Ngqentsu announced this during an event in Khayelitsha, Cape Town. The SACP will present its candidate list and outline its six pillars of the manifesto during the event.
The party will contest all wards in the 30 municipalities across the Western Cape, including the City of Cape Town. SACP candidates will come from within the party and other associated movements, though the party will not exclude ANC members who wish to contest under the SACP banner. The decision to contest independently comes after the ANC finalized its candidate list.
Ngqentsu attributes the ANC's decline to its neoliberal policies, which have led to unemployment, poverty, inequality, and economic precarity. The SACP will not be part of the reason for any further decline in the ANC's electoral performance. Political analyst Andre Duvenhage noted the contradiction of the SACP's stance, suggesting it's a battle against the current ANC leadership.
Duvenhage also pointed out the SACP's stance against the Government of National Unity and privatization.
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