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The SA Communist Party (SACP) in Gauteng has suspended five members amid the pre-election violence that has flared up in Tshwane.
The unnamed District Executive Members members are accused of party factionalism and will be charged with bringing the name of the SACP into disrepute, the party said in a statement following a special provincial executive committee meeting today.
It would not name the members until they had received their letters of suspension.
The suspensions followed the findings of a task team last Monday that was set up to investigate the violence that erupted in the wake of the selection of ANC stalwart Thoko Didiza as Tshwane mayoral candidate.
The SACP in Gauteng also resolved that the “anarchy, violence, and factionalism in Tshwane were as a result of consistent failure and collapse of internal organisational discipline and not failure of law enforcement”.
The SACP said it would also push for the ANC Integrity Commission to investigate the violence in Tshwane.
It said the factionalism dated back to 2011 when the ANC held parallel regional conferences with each electing its own leadership.
Five people have been killed, shops have been looted and dozens arrested since the violence erupted last Sunday.
The SACP congratulated Didiza, saying she was a “well-known, time-tested militant and revolutionary leader of our movement”.
