The ANC’s decision to boycott the SACP’s “Conference of the Left” has highlighted worsening ideological and political rifts within the tripartite alliance, analysts say.
Political analysts argue that the SACP’s “Conference of the Left”, which starts on Friday and runs until Sunday, could still yield positive results in building coordinated working-class politics, despite the ANC saying there was nothing leftist about it.
The three-day conference will be held in Boksburg, Ekurhuleni.
The South African Communist Party said the conference is aimed at strengthening coordination, unity in action, political education and organised struggle among leftist and working-class formations.
Although the ANC confirmed it had been invited to the conference, it rejected the gathering, saying there was nothing leftist about it.
