TMG Digital | 16 December, 2016 13:45
ANC president Jacob Zuma.
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The South African Communist Party (SACP) has expressed concern about the deepening divisions and factionalism in the ANC and the organisation's lack of a clear policy on leadership succession.
Speaking after a two-day meeting in Johannesburg of its Augmented Central Committee (ACC)‚ the SACP said the divisions in the ANC were affecting the alliance and the capacity of the ANC to lead society.
"The SACP believes that if the ANC does not unite and become rooted in the masses again it will not be able to lead the National Democratic Revolution.
"The SACP will continue for now to contribute to the ANC playing this role but will also simultaneously independently contribute to building a working class-led popular movement to advance the NDR‚" the party said in a statement.
The Augmented Central Committee also said that it as unacceptable for the ANC as a 105-year-old liberation movement not to have a clear policy on leadership succession‚ and urged that it developed such a policy and implemented it as soon as possible.
"Rather than simply focusing on names of those who should be elected as ANC President‚ other office bearers and National Executive Committee members‚ there has to be a consideration of the criteria for effective leadership.
"A key consideration would be the capacity of a leader and leadership collective to avoid being factionalist and unite the ANC‚ the Alliance and the historical support base of our liberation struggle‚" the SACP said.