Divorce the ANC. That's the call made by the KwaZulu-Natal branch of the South African Communist Party to the national executive, following its provincial council in Durban at the weekend. The SACP said yesterday there were mounting calls from its members to break off the fractious alliance with the ANC because there was a growing anti-communist sentiment in the ruling party.The party claims "spooks" have been set on them, and their leaders are under constant surveillance.KwaZulu-Natal SACP secretary Themba Mthembu said the growing frustration among the working class meant they had to take a resolution on revaluating and configuring the alliance."This growing anti-communist sentiment has meant that we need to configure things and debate whether the alliance is still serving our members' interests."We agreed with the view of revisiting the participation of the party [SACP] leadership in the executive arm of the government. This must be carried out through assessment and review, which must include intensive engagement with other alliance partners," said Mthembu.The SACP in KwaZulu-Natal held its provincial council last week to evaluate an array of issues confronting it within the alliance.Mthembu said there was deep concern about the increase in attacks on the party and its leaders.He cited "the well-orchestrated and co-ordinated attack" on its general secretary, Blade Nzimande, in Mpumalanga as an example of anti-communist sentiments in KwaZulu-Natal.Provincial ANC chair Sihle Zikalala fired a broadside at SACP leaders in the province in his organisational report to the ANC's KZN 8th provincial conference earlier this month.Mthembu said: "The [provincial] council accepted the assertion that this renewed attack on communists is propelled by a coterie of leaders who want to steer the ANC towards an alliance with capital."Mthembu added that the SACP had warned these leaders about the dangers of marginalising the working class to appease the capitalists, and that they would not succeed."They will fall like others who made such attempts," he said.Mthembu said he was not prepared to elaborate on allegations the party's leaders were under surveillance, but said the SACP would urge the State Security Agency to look into the threats to the state, not threats from perceived political opponents."We cannot repeat the same mistake we did going to Polokwane ... we are critical of a growing practice of using state resources to fight factional battles," said Mthembu...