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SOUTH AFRICA: The Communist Party (SACP) called yesterday for a renewed push to dismantle “the networks of parasitic looting … that flourished under the patronage of former president Jacob Zuma.”
New President Cyril Ramaphosa “addressed and engaged extensively” with the SACP’s central committee on Saturday, and the party noted “important progress” in ongoing corruption investigations and reforms.
The committee also said it was “encouraged” by Mr Ramaphosa’s “active willingness” to join discussions about reconfiguring the Tripartite Alliance between the ANC, SACP and union confederation Cosatu.
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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
While much attention is focused on Israel’s aggression, we cannot ignore the conflicts in Africa, stoked by Western imperialism and greed for natural resources, if we’re to understand the full picture of geopolitics today, argues ROGER McKENZIE