South African Communist Party

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The South African Communist Party is a Marxist–Leninist political party in South Africa that played a key role in the anti-apartheid struggle and has long been allied with the African National Congress.

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instanceOf Marxist–Leninist organization
communist party
political party
advocates public ownership of key industries
state intervention in the economy
alliance African National Congress
Congress of South African Trade Unions
associatedWith Umkhonto we Sizwe
banEndYear 1990
bannedIn South Africa
banStartYear 1950
country South Africa
countryOfHeadquarters South Africa
focusesOn land reform
national democratic revolution
workers' rights
founded 1921
hasPublication African Communist
Umsebenzi
hasYouthWing Young Communist League of South Africa
headquartersLocation Johannesburg, South Africa
surface form: Johannesburg
ideology Marxism–Leninism
communism
socialism
influencedBy Leninism
Marxism
Soviet Union
keyActivity political education
trade union support
underground resistance during apartheid
languageOfPublication African languages
English
legalStatus legal political party
memberOf Tripartite Alliance
notableLeader Ben Turok
Blade Nzimande
Chris Hani
Joe Slovo
Moses Kotane
Yusuf Dadoo
originalName South African Communist Party self-linksurface differs
surface form: Communist Party of South Africa
participatedIn Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA)
surface form: Convention for a Democratic South Africa
participatesIn South African general elections
politicalPosition far-left
left-wing
regionOfActivity Southern Africa
roleInHistory anti-apartheid struggle
shortName SACP
supports African National Congress governments

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Blade Nzimande memberOf South African Communist Party
Zwelinzima Vavi memberOf South African Communist Party