The South African Communist Party (SACP) used the Cosatu march in Johannesburg to plead with workers to join them when the party breaks away from the ANC and contests elections on its own. Cosatu held 13 marches in cities across the country, hoping to attract 100,000 of its members to protest against state capture and corruption. While the Cosatu leaders emphasised the federation’s support for Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa’s ANC presidential bid, SACP leaders pursued a different mission. "We have taken a resolution to contest elections … we do not want to go there on our own," SACP general secretary Blade Nzimande told the thousands of workers clad in red. He said the working class held the ultimate political power. The SACP resolved at its June national conference that it would locate the question of electoral participation "within the wider context of the need to unite and reconfigure the alliance". Business Day has established that the SACP has been engaging Cosatu affiliates ...
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