{"id":97689,"date":"2026-04-23T15:03:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T15:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/sacp-rejects-ultimatums-from-other-organizations"},"modified":"2026-04-23T15:03:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T15:03:59","slug":"sacp-rejects-ultimatums-from-other-organizations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/sacp-rejects-ultimatums-from-other-organizations","title":{"rendered":"SACP Rejects Ultimatums from Other Organizations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>The South African Communist Party (SACP) said that it won\u2019t bow to intimidation and ultimatums by the Afrian National Congress (ANC) regarding its decision to contest elections independently.<\/p>\n<p>SACP General Secretary Solly Mapaila has also accused the ANC and Secretary General Fikile Mbalula of going off on an \u201cIntimidation tirade\u201d against its alliance partner.<\/p>\n<p>Mapaila made the remarks while briefing the media on Thursday after the ANC gave the SACP ten days to indicate who they will campaign for in the run up to the local government elections.<\/p>\n<p>ANC Deputy Secretary General Nomvula Mokonyane said earlier that while the party has accepted a decision by the SACP to go at it alone in the polls, the party\u2019s resources can\u2019t be abused in the process.<\/p>\n<p>The party also said it has no intention to chase SACP members out of the ANC, and their alliance remains intact.<\/p>\n<p>But Mapaila said that the two alliances partners can\u2019t co-exist harmoniously with an ultimatum.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The SACP will not accede to ultimatums from another organisation. Simple as that. That must be understood. Even those who are dreaming. We do not take instructions from capital nor from its stooges.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mapaila said that its their decision to contest the elections was not taken lightly and arose from their assessment on the crisis facing local government.<\/p>\n<p>He said that the party\u2019s politburo will meet on Friday to consider the matter further.<\/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 South African Communist Party (SACP) said that it won\u2019t bow to intimidation and ultimatums by the Afrian National Congress (ANC) regarding its decision to contest elections independently. SACP General Secretary Solly Mapaila has also accused the ANC and Secretary General Fikile Mbalula of going off on an \u201cIntimidation tirade\u201d against its [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":97688,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,10,12],"tags":[275],"class_list":["post-97689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","category-policy","tag-south-africa-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>SACP Rejects Ultimatums from Other Organizations - South Africa<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/sacp-rejects-ultimatums-from-other-organizations\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SACP Rejects Ultimatums from Other Organizations\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. 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