# The South African Communist Party says its local government election contest aims to address the crisis of working-class representation, build the productive capacity of the state, and strengthen its provision of public goods and services. The party will field four-thousand-418 ward candidates in the November elections. SACP General Secretary Solly Mapaila says its electoral campaign will organise workers and poor communities, fight corruption and crime, strengthen democratic participation and build the organisational foundations of a socialist movement:
SACP says its election campaign will focus heavily on workers and fighting corruption [SOUND]
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