The South African Communist Party (SACP) wants an equal say in the hiring and firing of political appointees in the government, according to a paper the party presented to the alliance meeting last week. The tripartite alliance almost collapsed during Jacob Zuma’s time as ANC president, with the allies complaining of being left out of key decision-making. The SACP presented its paper on the overhaul of the alliance at a political council meeting this week, warning again that it would contest elections on its own should it not get a greater say on appointments of premiers, mayors and MECs. Most of the SACP’s top leaders were sidelined from the ANC’s top leadership structure, the national executive committee, at its Nasrec elective conference in December. There was also deep unhappiness in the SACP in 2017 when Zuma axed their leaders from his Cabinet in March, including general secretary Blade Nzimande. The document on the overhaul will be discussed at an SACP central committee meeti...
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