Umsebenzi Online, Volume 25, No. 12

SACP solidarity with Cosatu for working-class unity in action

CONTENTS

1. For working-class unity and solidarity against capitalist exploitation

   From the statement of the SACP Central Committee, 30.8.2026

2. The Communist Party and the trade unions

Tebogo Phadu

3. Cosatu at 40 – the Congress must be about more than who workers vote for

   Buti Manamela

4. “Tears for the creators” of the giant red trade union movement

    Zola Saphetha

5. Cosatu – building a militant, revolutionary labour movement for socialism

    Aviwe Rapelang Mohapi

6. Our removal from the provincial legislature by the ANC is a badge of honour

    Benson Ngqentsu

7. Perspective on the state of the National Democratic Revolution: the SACP’s decision to contest elections and its importance for mining and industrial workers

Tinyiko Ntini

8. Building People’s Power through local government

Yunus Carrim

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https://sacp.org.za/sites/default/files/publications/Umsebenzi_Online_September_2026_No_12.pdf

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