# ANC secretary general, Fikile Mbalula, says members of the South African Communist Party will be given ten days to respond on whether they will be campaigning for the ANC or for their party. The SACP has resolved to contest the local government elections independently, outside of the Tripartite Alliance. Mbalula says there will be consequences for those who fail to respond within the ten-day deadline:
ANC gives SACP members a deadline to choose which side they will campaign for in the elections [SOUND]
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