South African Communist Party

12th Congress -
11 - 15 July 2007

Proposed Agenda
Day 1, Wednesday 11 July 2007

ITEM	WHO	TIME
Arrival and Registration	All delegates	11h00 till late
Lunch	All	13h00
Constitutional Committee Meeting	Members	14h00
International lessons of leftwards shifts in Latin America	Communist Party Uruguay Communist Party Cuba Communist Party Venezuela Communist Party Chile	15h00 - 17h00
Prospects for building continental antimperialist Left networks	South African Communist Party Communist Party of Lesotho Algrerian Party for Democracy & Socialism Communist Party of Sudan Polisario Frente PUDEMO	17h00 - 19h00
Supper	All	19h00

Day 2, Thursday 12 July 2007

Chairpersons- Comrades Charles Nqakula and Dipuo Mvelase

ITEM	WHO	TIME
Delegates take seats	Congress Plenary	08h30 - 09h30
Chairpersons' Welcoming and Opening Remarks	National Chairperson	09h30 - 09h45
Internationale and Nkosi Sikelela iAfrika	Choir	09h45 - 10h00
Welcoming remarks	Provincial Secretary	10h10 - 10h30
Presentation and Adoption of Congress Credentials	CC Member	10h30 - 10h45
Presentation of Agenda and Congress Rules	CC Member	10h45 - 11h00
Introduction of Guests and Acknowledgment of Solidarity Messages		11h00 - 11h15
Address by ANC President	Cde Thabo Mbeki	11h15 - 11h45
Presentation of the 11th Congress Central Committee Report		11h45 - 13h00
Lunch		13h00 - 14h00
CLOSED SESSION
Discussion on the Political Report		14h00 - 19h00
Announcements Meeting of the Congress Steering Committee
Presentation and Discussions on the Constitutional Amendments	Comrade Yunus Carrim	19h00 - 20h00
Plenary adjourns		20h00
SUPPER

Day 3, Friday 13 July 2007

Chairpersons-

ITEM	WHO	TIME
Delegates seats	Congress plenary	09h00 - 09h30
Chris Hani Peace Award Issuing	General Secretary	09h30 - 10h00
Message of support	Fernando Ramirez de Estenoz Barciela	10h00 - 10h20
Tributes to SACP members who passed Away since the July 2002, 11th Congress	SACP Stalwart	10h20 - 10h30
Red Flag	Led by Choir	10h30 - 10h45
Address by National Secretary	Cde Buti Manamela	10h45 - 11h15
Address by COSATU General Secretary	Zwelinzima Vavi	11h15 - 11h45
Address by the ANC Deputy President	Jacob Zuma	11h45 - 12h15
Presentation on State of the Organisational Report	Cde Jeremy Cronin	12h15 - 12h45
Comments and Clarities Seeking questions on the State of the Organisation Reports	Plenary	12h45 - 13h30
LUNCH	All Delegates	13h30 - 14h30
Presentation of the Financial Report		14h30 - 15h30
Comments and Clarity Seeking Questions	Plenary	15h30 - 16h20
Elections Process and nominations of the Officials	IEC Chairperson Cde Eric 'Stalin' Mtshali	16h20 - 17h00
Press Briefing by the IEC Chairperson		17h00
Outline of first set of commissions (all sitting parallel)
All Commissions in sessions STATE COMMUNITY ECONOMY WORKPLACE IDEOLOGICAL INTERNATIONAL Affairs and Relations		17h00 - 20h00
Voting of the officials parallel with commissions
SUPPER		20h00
86th Anniversary Gala Dinner

Day 4, Saturday 14 July 2007

Chairpersons-

ITEM	WHO	TIME
Commission continues	All delegates	09h00 - 12h00
Officials Elections Results and Nominations of the 12th Congress CC	IEC and all voting delegates	12h00 - 13h00
LUNCH		13h00 - 14h00
Experiences of non-ruling Communist Parties in government: State and Political power	AKEL - Cyprus Communist Party Venezuela Communist Party of India Communist Party of Uruguay	14h00 - 15h30
Commission on the SACP and its relationship to power		15h30 - 18h00
Voting of the 12th Congress Central Committee parallel to the commissions
Meeting of the resolutions committee and commission rapporteurs		18h00
The Middle East Situation- challenges of Communist & Progressive forces	Communist Party Iraq Tudeh Party of Iran Palestine People's Party Communist Party of Israel	18h00 - 20h00
CULTURAL EVENING	All delegates	20h00

Day 5, Sunday 15 July 2007

SACP National Chairperson

ITEM	WHO	TIME
Delegates take seats	All delegates	08h30 - 09h00
Consolidated Report from Commission on the SACP and its relationship to power		09h00 - 09h30
Discussions	Congress Plenary	09h30 - 11h30
Adoption of Resolution	Plenary	11h30 - 12h00
Presentation and discussion of the	Comrade Jeremy Cronin and
Announcement of the 12th Congress CC election results	Comrade Stalin Mtshali	12h30 - 12h50
Address by the Newly Elected General Secretary	General Secretary	12h50 - 13h20
Vote of Thanks	National Chairperson	13h20 - 13h30
The Internationale and Nkosi Sikelele iAfrika	Congress Plenary	13h30 - 13h40

THE SACP 12th CONGRESS ADJOURNS

Lunch	All Delegates	13h40
Official Congress Press Conference	Office Bearers	14h00

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