ANC stance on DA coalition welcomed by SACP
Council of the Left has called on what they call leftist parties to seize the moment and prioritise.
The South African Communist Party (SACP) has expressed approval of the possibility that the African National Congress (ANC) may exclude the Democratic Alliance (DA) as a coalition partner in local government. Following the recent elections, where no party secured a majority, there are currently over 130 councils across the country that are "hung," meaning no single party holds a majority.
This has prompted the Council of the Left, a political bloc comprising leftist parties, to call for collaboration amongst themselves, which account for nearly 20 percent of the vote. The SACP's Acting National Spokesperson, Mhlekwa Nxumalo, stated that the ANC's consideration of excluding the DA reflects progress, as it acknowledges that working with the DA is problematic due to their differing class interests.
Nxumalo emphasized this issue has been raised since 2024, shortly after the elections, when the ANC-African National Congress (ANC) coalition with the DA was deemed detrimental to the party's class-based principles.
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