Blade Nzimande to Address Eastern Cape SACP Provincial Congress

22 August 2001

The General Secretary of the South African Communist Party (SACP), Comrade Blade Nzimande, will deliver the Keynote Address to the 3rd Provincial Congress of the SACP in the Eastern Cape Province as detailed below.

DATE : Friday, 24 August 2001
TIME : 16h00 - 17h00
VENUE : Main Hall, All Saints College, Bisho

The Congress will continue until Sunday, 26 August. This Congress takes place immediately after the SACP celebrated its 80th Anniversary and it is being held in the midst of mass mobilisation for the COSATU-led General Strike Against Privatisation.

This Congress will shape our SACP Programme in the Eastern Cape to fight neo-liberal economic restructuring and for a people's economy, said Phumulo Masualle, SACP Eastern Cape Provincial Secretary.

In the Congress Agenda are the following items:

• Taking forward the Campaign to Make Banks Serve the People
• Taking forward the struggle against racism
• Building People+IBk-s Power and Socialism Now
• Transformation of the Eastern Cape economy

CONTACT
Lungisa Mekeni
SACP Eastern Cape Provincial Organiser
Cell: 082 253 4086
OR
Mazibuko K. Jara
SACP National Media Department
Cell: 083 651 0271