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Title:What's Left? The South African Communist Party after Apartheid
Author:Adams, SimonISNI
Year:1997
Periodical:Review of African Political Economy
Volume:24
Issue:72
Period:June
Pages:237-248
Language:English
Geographic term:South Africa
Subjects:South African Communist Party
Politics and Government
External links:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03056249708704255
http://ejournals.ebsco.com/direct.asp?ArticleID=4A6D902E09204685E080
Abstract:The Communist Party of South Africa (SACP) survived the collapse of communist States by virtue of its remarkable record of opposition to apartheid and its alliance with the ANC and COSATU. Between its February 1990 legalization and South Africa's first democratic elections in April 1994, the SACP underwent a remarkable process of political reorientation and organizational reconstruction. Ideologically, the Party shifted from the politics of insurrection to the politics of 'structural reform' and the organization grew from around 2,000-5,000 clandestine members at the beginning of 1990 to around 75,000 by the time of its 9th Congress in April 1995. However, despite the fact that it could boast ministers, premiers, senators, mayors and most of the executive leadership of COSATU in its ranks, the SACP seemed to have gained influence while losing power. The Party leadership has found itself supporting conservative economic strategies and anti-union actions, turning it into a pressure 'five degrees to the left' of the ANC. What's left remains to be seen. Bibliogr., sum.
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