28 July 2010
The SACP will mark its 89th Anniversary this year with a commemorative Rally to be held in Impala Mine Stadium, Rustenburg, North West Province.
Throughout all these 89 years we have, with total dedication, devoted all our energies to the struggle for national liberation and socialism. We have also been a dependable ally of the ANC and the progressive trade union movement in our country.
We celebrate 89 years of a commitment to non racialism, the struggle for democracy and against women oppression. We celebrate a legacy of a party that has pioneered progressive trade unionism and progressive journalism.
For the past 89 years it was Communist Party activists, like Dora Tamana, who ran cooperatives in informal settlements in the 1940s and 50s. And it is Communists who have always been numbered among the outstanding martyrs of the struggle - Johannes Nkosi, Vuyisile Mini, Alpheus Maliba, Basil February, Cde Lwarence Phokanoka, Ahmed Timol, Matthew Goniwe, Chris Hani, and many more.
It is Communist Party activist who have been in the forefront of the “HHH” Campaign, the struggle to transform the financial sector, the land campaign, the Know and Act in Your Neighbourhood Campaign. Today we celebrate a party that has grown from strength to strength and is the second largest political organisation in the country, second only to our ally the ANC.
Members of the press are hereby invited to the anniversary activities that will be held as follows:
Activity 1
Date : 31 July 2010
Activity : Anniversary Fundraising Dinner
Keynote Speaker : Cde Kgalema Motlanthe
Venue : Rustenburg Civic Centre
Time : 18H30
Activity 2
Date : 01 August 2010
Activity : Anniversary Rally
Speakers : Buti Manamela
Zwelinzima Vavi
Thandi Modise
Blade Nzimande
Venue : Impala Mine Stadium, Rustenburg
Time : 10H00
Issued by the SACP.
Contact:
Malesela Maleka
SACP Spokesperson – 082 226 1802