Tension between the SACP and ANC in Inchanga persists, after 2016 killings
The killings in Inchanga have stopped but an uneasy truce remains, illustrating attempts by the ANC and the SACP to co-exist and work together, despite a recent fall-out. It does not help that the ANC and SACP in KwaZulu-Natal now find themselves largely on opposing sides of the ANC’s succession race. About this time a year ago Inchanga — a small peri-urban enclave about 50km west of Durban — was in the midst of an unlikely, but bloody, conflict between supporters of the two alliance partners. The casualties of this conflict vary, depending of who you talk to. Some put the number as high as 25, while others, including authorities, say the number is no more than 15 dead bodies and several injuries. The killings and attacks started in about January 2016 and peaked towards the 2016 local government elections, in which the SACP fielded, and won, against seated ANC councillors. The election outcome triggered fresh fighting, and some tit-for-tat killings, despite the deployment of extra s...
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