South African Communist Party

Statement on the Special Provincial Council of the SACP in KwaZulu-Natal

Saturday, 15 November 2025: - The South African Communist Party (SACP) convened a Special Provincial Council in the Moses Mabhida province of the SACP (KwaZulu Natal) today 15 of November 2025. The meeting was convened as a consequence of the recent decisions of the Political Bureau of the SACP relating to the strengthening of the SACP as an organisation and implementation of its decisions. Having  discussed extensively the state of the SACP, looking at strengths and weaknesses of various structures and leadership structures of the Party, the Political Bureau decided, among others, to disband the Provincial Executive Committee (PEC) of the SACP in Moses Mabhida as one of the measures to revitalise the organisation.

The Special Council was called to communicate the decision of the Political Bureau to disband the PEC of Moses Mabhida province following its inability to fulfil its constitutional responsibilities and carry out its leadership political task of the organisation in the province. The Council was called, consequently, to brief our members on a leadership core appointed to lead the province as an interim intervention in the absence of a PEC. The SACP, in keeping with its democratic and popular tradition, intended through the Special Council to engage the structures of the Party in the province on the organisational processes that had ensued in the Political Bureau and subsequent meetings as well as other organisational processes to ensue following the Political Bureau and its decisions, including the decision to disband the Moses Mabhida provincial leadership structure.  

The Special Provincial Council was, however, disrupted by certain individuals who clearly do not share the principles of loyalty to Party decisions, unity of the Party, and the full implementation of Party decisions. These forces are part of a reactionary and opportunistic tendency rooted in careerism that the movement continues to address, and indeed the SACP is not unaffected by this tendency. Out of concern for the safety of Party members and public property, the leadership of the Party determined that the Council must not proceed as planned and that the communication of the Political Bureau decisions intended to be communicated be conducted through alternative means. The validity and enforceability of the decisions of the Party, particularly those of the Political Bureau regarding the status of the Provincial Executive Committee of KwaZulu-Natal, remain unchanged and in full constitutional force and political authority.

The leadership thus, following the disruption of the Special Provincial Council, held a meeting with the chairpersons and secretaries of all districts to share key information and to chart a way forward to reach our structures in communicating our decisions. To that end, the following comrades have been appointed as the provincial interim leadership core (PILC) responsible for overseeing the affairs of the SACP in Moses Mabhida and take the province to a congress following a specific programme:

Interim Secretary: Skhumbuzo Mdlalose

Interim Chairperson: Zakhele Cele

Interim Treasurer: Jeff Dladla

Interim Deputy Chairperson: Logishnee Naicker

Political and Ideological Education Coordinator: Tyron Terrence

Election Coordinator: Mazwi Ngubane

ADDITIONAL MEMBERS

1. Mandlakhe Ngobe
2. Zama Zindela
3. Nthabeleng Molefe  
4. Tryon (“Tricks”) Terrence
5. Muzikayise Zakwe
6. Ncebakazi Malima
7. Minah Lesoma
8. Yogan Moodley
9. Nomalungelo Gina
10. Khumbulani Xaba
11. Pevin Vedan
12. Sandile Dayi
13. Phumlani Mthembu
14. Sifiso Silicone Ndlovu

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FOUNDED IN 1921 AS THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICA.