Tuesday, 23 April 2024: The South African Communist Party supports the African National Congress’ intention to and will form of the appeal against the high court ruling delivered in Durban on Monday, 22 April, against the use of uMkhonto weSizwe’s (MK’s) name and trademark by a third party. The SACP deposed an affidavit in the case as part of the original MK founding organisations.

Together as allies, the ANC and the SACP founded the original MK in 1961 as the people’s liberation army, under the leadership of the ANC within the framework of our revolutionary alliance, as opposed to an opportunist electoral party premised on a factional, divisive and counter-revolutionary agenda.

As President Nelson Mandela states in his autobiography, Long Walk to Freedom, the SACP was the first to adopt the armed struggle against the apartheid regime and to build armed-struggle networks to take forward the cause of liberation. The battle surrounding the MK name and trademark is far from over. We reserve every right to protect our heritage, including from all forms of theft and distortion.