Bloc of Left parties demands ANC cut ties with DA, FF Plus

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A bloc of black parties comprising the South African Communist Party, the EFF, the MK Party and others has formed “a unified bloc of parties on the left” that will work together…

A bloc of black parties comprising the South African Communist Party (SACP), the EFF, the MK Party and others has formed “a unified bloc of parties on the left” that will work together in councils.

Dubbed “the Council of the Left”, the parties, which say they hold a combined 20% of the national vote, have also invited all progressive forces, including the ANC, to join their cause.

But the invitation comes with a condition: cut ties with “right-wing parties”, namely the DA and FF Plus.

In practical terms, the bloc aims to function as a disciplined voting and planning alliance within councils, use its numbers to leverage mayoral elections and policy decisions around a fixed set of delivery demands, and report back to communities on whether those demands are being met.

The bloc held its meeting just a stone’s throw away from the ANC’s national executive committee meeting at the Birchwood Hotel in Boksburg.

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MK Party chief negotiator advocate Dali Mpofu, SC, who attended the meeting on his party’s behalf, said the country was at a crossroads.

“These elections are a turning point. The choice before us is clear. Local government must either serve the people or continue to serve the few who profit from it,” Mpofu said.

He said the founding meeting of the Council of the Left resolved that the struggle for popular power must be anchored in the leadership of the working class and popular movements at the grassroots level, both within and outside municipal councils.

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