SACP office bearers announced, Nzimande, Cronin re-elected
Deputy general secretary Jeremy Cronin and general secretary Blade Nzimande listen to (now former) national chairman Gwede Mantashe at the SA Communist Party conference in University of Zululand.
Image by: TEBOGO LETSIE
Image by: TEBOGO LETSIE
SA Communist Party secretary-general Blade Nzimande and his deputy Jeremy Cronin were re-elected unopposed on Saturday.
The results for the election of the party's top office bearers was announced at the University of Zululand near Empangeni during the party's 13th national congress.
National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) president Senzeni Zokwana was elected to the post of party chairman.
He replaced Gwede Mantashe who stepped down.
Solly Maipila was elected second deputy secretary-general while Thulas Nxesi was elected deputy national chairman.
Joyce Moloi-Moropa was elected treasurer -- she had previously been deputy chair of the SACP.
All six were nominated unopposed by the nine provinces and the Young Communist League.
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