National Consultative Conference on the SACP's Land Campaign starts in Johannesburg

15 October 2004

This weekend the South African Communist Party (SACP) will hold a number of public activities as part of its Red-October Campaign for land reform.

This weekend's programme will start with the National Consultative Conference which started at 9am today (in Johannesburg) with more than 75 delegates from 57 organisations. The organisations include the ANC, COSATU, FAWU, the National Land Committee, the Methodist Church, SANGOCO, the National Co-operatives' Association of South Africa, the Landless People's Movement, AZAPO, PAC, and others (see full list below).

The media is invited to be part of the conference and a press briefing to be held at 13h00. The conference is held at COSATU House, 1 Leyds Street, corner Biccard, Braamfontein.

The agenda of the conference will include:

• Keynote address by Blade Nzimande, SACP General Secretary
• Introduction of the Red October campaign, its demands and programme of action including the National Day of Action for Land, Food and Jobs on 6 November
• Inputs on the campaign and campaign endorsements by invited organisations
• brainstorm future activities and programmes after 6 November

Other activities this weekend include:

KwaZulu Natal

• Saturday, 17 October - Farmworkers' mass rally in Dannhauser, Newcastle
• Sunday, 18 October - Landless people's land tribunals - Mpolweni village, Pietermaritzburg

Mpumalanga

• Saturday, 16 October - People's and workers land tribunals

Northern Cape

• Saturday, 16 October, World Food Day Rally - Galeshewe, Kimberley
• Saturday, 16 October, picket against banks, Kimberley central

CONTACT
Mazibuko Kanyiso Jara (surname Jara)
Head of the Office of the General Secretary
South African Communist Party
Tel - 011 339 3621, Fax - 011 339 4244/6880
Cell - 083 651 0271
Email - mazibuko@sacp.org.za, sacpho@wn.apc.org (alternate)