The South African Communist Party has reiterated its call to the ANC to convene a non-elective special national conference to consult its membership‚ wider constituencies and support bases in order to unify the organisation and its alliance partners on a “principled programmatic basis”.Addressing the SACP Mpumalanga provincial congress‚ SACP deputy national chairperson Thulas Nxesi said there were too many destructive developments that‚ if not arrested‚ would cause irreparable damage not only to the ANC but also to the array of other organisations that supported it as well as the alliance“The manner in which the Hawks‚ for example‚ have handled themselves in relation to the Finance Minister Comrade Pravin Gordhan leaves much to be desired. It is as if we are in a déjà vu with the name of the Scorpions replaced by that of the Hawks but with the modus operandi maintaining its problematic features.“As the SACP we support Comrade Pravin’s rights to be treated fairly‚ as opposed to what the Hawks have displayed. Secondly‚ we support the programme the Minister is leading to combat corruption and rent-seeking.“These are the immediate problems‚ together with the wider problem of corporate capture‚ facing the National Treasury‚ tax payers’ money‚ public entities and our economy. We must unite the widest rage of progressive forces to defeat these problems‚” Nxesi said.“What we need is the ANC that matches words with deeds and walks the talk in the forefront of our alliance as its leading component‚” he added. ..