The ANC is in distress, divided and crippled by infighting amid a “huge attempt” to displace President Cyril Ramaphosa, SA Communist Party (SACP) general secretary Blade Nzimande said on Sunday.

The SACP is a member of the tripartite alliance together with the ANC and union federation Cosatu. Its support is crucial for Ramaphosa as he seeks to clean out the widespread corruption and rot that has crept into the government and the ruling party, mostly in the past 10 years...