SACP removes Gwede Mantashe as a member of its Central Committee [SOUND]

# The South African Communist Party has removed ANC national chairperson Gwede Mantashe from its central committee, the highest decision-making body between conferences. The decision comes as the SACP prepares to contest the 2026 local government elections independently, a step that has unsettled its long-standing ally, the ANC. The SACP’s first deputy general secretary, Madala Masuku, says they understand Mantashe has his hands full as a minister and his duties within the ANC: