{"id":94189,"date":"2025-12-12T15:57:52","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T15:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/anc-requests-sacp-members-to-recuse-from-meetings"},"modified":"2025-12-12T16:56:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T16:56:38","slug":"anc-requests-sacp-members-to-recuse-from-meetings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/anc-requests-sacp-members-to-recuse-from-meetings","title":{"rendered":"ANC Requests SACP Members to Recuse from Meetings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>The African National Congress (ANC) has asked South African Communist Party (SACP) members to \u201crecuse\u201d themselves from its election strategy meetings.<\/p>\n<p>This, while the two organisations seek a resolution to their impasse.<\/p>\n<p>The relationship between the alliance partners has soured following the SACP\u2019s decision to contest elections independently.<\/p>\n<p>The future of the alliance was one of the major talking points at the ANC\u2019s National General Council (NGC), which wrapped up on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>In June, the ANC\u2019s first deputy secretary general, Nomvula Mokonyane, made waves when she kicked out SACP members from an elections strategy meeting in Mpumalanga.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, there wasn\u2019t a policy from the ANC or the SACP on how to confront this new reality of being political rivals on the ballot paper.<\/p>\n<p>However, in his closing speech on Thursday, ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa said that the party remains committed to reconfiguring the alliance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, as we continue to persuade each other and the important word we should underline is that we continue to \u2018persuade\u2019 each other, we will need to request SACP members who have been participating in our joint election structures to recuse themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So far, the ANC and SACP have yet to resolve a new policy regarding dual membership between the two organisations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">South-Africa<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. The African National Congress (ANC) has asked South African Communist Party (SACP) members to \u201crecuse\u201d themselves from its election strategy meetings. This, while the two organisations seek a resolution to their impasse. The relationship between the alliance partners has soured following the SACP\u2019s decision to contest elections independently. 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