CABINET RESHUFFLE
BUSINESS DAY TV: ‘The party will not fall into the trap of false unity’
SACP second deputy general secretary Solly Mapaila on the party’s plan of action after the Cabinet reshuffle and why SACP Cabinet ministers have not quit in solidarity
Solly Mapaila is second deputy general secretary at the South African Communist Party (SACP). BUSINESS DAY TV: The South African Communist Party’s (SACP’s) central committee met today to discuss its call for President Jacob Zuma to resign. Joining us for some detail on what came out of the meeting is Solly Mapaila, he is the second deputy general secretary at the SACP. Solly ... so ahead of today’s meeting the SACP actually put out a statement at the weekend saying that the country was in deep crisis and that President Jacob Zuma’s actions were reckless. And I suppose we’ve seen the outcome of that today with that very quick credit rating downgrade by Standard & Poor’s. Do you stand by Saturday’s comments that you want the president to resign? SOLLY MAPAILA: Yes the PB (press briefing) which was extended decided to turn itself into a special central committee because there was overwhelming attendance of members of the central committee and they unanimously took a decision endorsing ...
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