NATIONAL ELECTION
SACP woos teachers’ union for 2019 poll
Serious debate is needed between Cosatu and the SACP to weed out contradictions, says Blade Nzimande
The South African Communist Party (SACP) continued to court organised labour on Wednesday as it prepares to go it alone at the 2019 general elections. SACP general secretary Blade Nzimande told workers at a South African Democratic Teachers Union (Sadtu) council meeting that a serious debate was needed between Cosatu and the SACP to weed out contradictions about the direction of the tripartite alliance. Nzimande said it was contradictory that Cosatu had nominated Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa for the ANC presidency, while the SACP was exploring contestation of the elections on its own. Nzimande’s comments come just a week after he pleaded with Cosatu marchers in Johannesburg to join the party when it eventually stood in elections. Cosatu will only be able to deliberate on a decision about election support at its congress in 2018. Like Cosatu leaders, Nzimande decried the state of the ANC-led alliance, saying its model was no longer viable. Although the SACP leader said workers di...
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