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The South African Communist Party takes itself by surprise (Part Two)
By 2007, when the SACP (and Cosatu) turned to Jacob Zuma to ‘save’ the Tripartite Alliance from Thabo Mbeki, and the party’s ...
Mail & Guardian1dOpinion
Rifts in the tripartite alliance could reshape South African politics
Since the formalisation of the tripartite alliance in 1992, a delicate balancing act between the ANC, the South African ...
The Citizen24d
‘A party only in name’: SACP could be embarrased if they go it alone
With the ANC emerging from last year’s bruising national polls, having garnered 40.1% of the votes, the SA Communist Party’s (SACP) decision to go it alone in the 2026 local government elections will ...
Wilson Center3d
South Africa’s Government of National Unity: New Political Coalitions With Outstanding Ideological Fault Lines
Natal, South Africa, on a mission with the United Nations, I witnessed one of the most significant milestones of the 20th century: the election of African National Congress (ANC) leader Nelson Mandela ...