Tripartite Alliance

ANC NGA

    ANC’s 5th National General Council: A momentous phase of its future 10 December 2025

    ANC’s 5th National General Council: A momentous phase of its future 10 December 2025 800 800 Frontline Africa Advisory

    This week the African National Congress’ (ANC) is holding its 5th National General Council (NGC), 10 years after  the last one in 2015. The NGC is a mid-term review of the party’s state of the organisation from electoral performances to policies, between its five-year elective national conferences and it is the second-highest decision-making structure after…

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    COSATU

      COSATU’s Bid to Save the Tripartite Alliance

      COSATU’s Bid to Save the Tripartite Alliance 800 800 Frontline Africa Advisory

      The Tripartite Alliance, made up of the African National Congress (ANC), Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), and the South African Communist Party (SACP) has long served as the bedrock of South Africa’s post-apartheid political landscape, united in pursuit of the National Democratic Revolution (NDR). As the 2026 local government elections (LGE) loom, COSATU…

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      The SACP’s Gamble: Can the Party Step Out of the ANC’s Shadow?

        The SACP’s Gamble: Can the Party Step Out of the ANC’s Shadow?

        The SACP’s Gamble: Can the Party Step Out of the ANC’s Shadow? 800 800 Frontline Africa Advisory

        The South African Communist Party (SACP) has long styled itself as the ideological conscience of the South Africa’s liberation movement, led by the ANC. Since the democratic transition of 1994, it has remained anchored in the Tripartite Alliance with the ANC and the trade-union federation COSATU. Within the Alliance, the SACP has shaped debates on…

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        cosatu

          Has The Tripartite Alliance Outlived Its Purpose?

          Has The Tripartite Alliance Outlived Its Purpose? 800 800 Frontline Africa Advisory

          At the beginning of April, the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party (SACP) held its first Plenary of the year. It reiterated its stance to contest the 2026 local government elections across the country, in line with the declaration and resolutions of the Party’s 15th National Congress held in 2022 and the Fifth…

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