SACP and NUMSA leadership at a preparatory meeting for the Conference of the Left held in Johannesburg on April 21. A strengthened Left coordination will help articulate alternatives rooted in community needs rather than tender-driven politics, says the writer.
Aviwe Rapelang Mohapi
South Africa continues to confront profound structural challenges: stubborn unemployment hovering near crisis levels, widening inequality, and an economy still largely shaped by the interests of monopoly capital.
In this context, the Conference of the Left, set for 29 to 31 May 2026 at the Birchwood Hotel in Boksburg, offers a space for left-leaning organisations, unions, community groups, and progressive formations to explore greater coordination.
Under the theme “Building a Left Movement for Working Class and Popular Power,” the gathering is not about enforcing rigid ideological agreement, but about fostering practical unity in action against shared systemic problems.
