NO MORE ANC-DA MARRIAGE

Left draws line: No deal if DA is in

By Mpho Dube, Editor-in-Chief

The Azanian | Truth. Fearless. Unfiltered.  

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BOKSBURG —The Council of the Left has drawn a line the ANC cannot cross: no ANC-led coalition in any hung municipality if the DA is part of it.

At Birchwood Hotel on Thursday, the EFF, SACP, MK Party, AZAPO, Africa Mayibuye and others united to say the Left will not bless another ANC-DA deal — nationally or locally.

For SACP General Secretary Solly Mapaila, the message is personal and political. The GNU marriage, he argues, has meant petrol up, electricity up, food up, services up — while wages stay flat and unemployment rises. Workers pay. The poor pay. "We want to convince all organisations, particularly those that were voted by the African majority, to work together as a bloc in councils and prevent the DA and the Freedom Front to lead our people," Mapaila said.

The Council is offering the ANC a different home instead: a united left bloc, joint caucuses, one voice, and a minimum programme for water, electricity, housing, land, jobs and an end to hunger. "We are inviting the ANC to join this effort to unite our people. They will make up their own minds," said MK Party negotiator Dali Mpofu.

The ANC did not attend. Its NEC met in another room in the same hotel to finalise its own coalition strategy. Parties have until next week to find common ground. The Left has already chosen.