ANC Faces Crisis as SACP Members Must Declare Campaign Allegiance

Mbalula says SACP not the enemy as ANC braces for electoral showdown

The ANC has issued a firm directive to its members ahead of the 2026 local government elections, but secretary-general Fikile Mbalula insists the South African Communist Party (SACP) remains a comrade, not an adversary, despite the alliance’s deepening crisis. Mbalula says no hostility between ANC and SACP The party convened a Special National Executive Committee on 10 April 2026, reaching what it described as a decisive set of resolutions on or…

ANC faces crisis as SACP members must declare campaign allegiance

SACP defies ANC ultimatum over dual membership ahead of elections

The South African Communist Party has dug in against pressure from the ANC, instructing its members not to bow to demands to choose between the two organisations ahead of the 2026 local government elections.

The ANC and SACP – it’s more than just a messy divorce

The announcement by the ANC that its members who also belong to the SACP have 10 days from Thursday to declare which party they will be campaigning for has the potential to spread significant chaos in both parties. But it also underscores the misguided nature of the SACP’s venture in going it alone with no public evidence of any voter support.

ANC Says Alliance Partner SACP Will Campaign On Its Own

Johannesburg – Ahead of Local Government Elections, the African National Congress (ANC) has announced that it will campaign separately from its alliance partner, the South African Communist Party (SACP). The unprecedented move announced on Thursday, 23 April 2026, follows the SACP’s insistence on contesting the elections on its own. The ANC, SACP, and the Congress of South African Trade Unions have long shared a historic political alliance – kno…

Fikile Mbalula, Solly Mapaila in war of words as ANC, SACP alliance crumbles

The relationship between the ANC and the SACP can be characterised as one that is a state of critical and unstable.