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As the SACP nears its centenary the fight goes on — now against austerity and corruption

02 August 2020 - 00:02 By JEREMY CRONIN

On Thursday the South African Communist Party (SACP) marked its 99th anniversary. In July 1921 a handful of delegates assembled in Cape Town to launch the Communist Party of SA (CPSA), as it was then known...

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