{"id":32827,"date":"2026-04-23T12:39:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T10:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=32827"},"modified":"2026-04-23T12:39:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T10:39:55","slug":"sa-communist-party-leader-slams-anc-ultimatum-over-internal-dispute","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sa-communist-party-leader-slams-anc-ultimatum-over-internal-dispute\/","title":{"rendered":"SA Communist Party leader slams ANC ultimatum over internal dispute"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">South African (SA) Communist Party General Secretary (SACP) Solly Mapaila says the party rejects what it describes as attempts by the ruling party African National Congress&#8217;s (ANC) National Executive Committee leadership to turn a technical disagreement into an administrative and disciplinary ultimatum against communists within the ANC.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Mapaila was briefing the media in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, following the ANC&#8217;s stance on the SACP&#8217;s decision to contest the 2026 local government elections independently.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">He argues that directives issued by the ANC including calls for declarations from SACP members and warnings of action against those involved in the party&#8217;s election campaign amount to a serious anti\u2011communist political move.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Mapaila warns that such actions could have far reaching consequences, potentially altering the character of the ANC and undermining the long standing Tripartite Alliance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zvrOj_sdm9s?si=nGr2At4BTQGVDDbE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14338,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-32827","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"ANC and SACP dispute","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/32827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/32827\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32828,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/32827\/revisions\/32828"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=32827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}