Nzimande urges SACP to continue fighting state capture
The South African Communist Party (SACP) commemorated the life of the late struggle anti-apartheid stalwart Joe Slovo on Monday.
The communist party held the 25th annual Joe Slovo commemoration Avalon Cemetery, Soweto.
Slovo was born in 1926 and passed away in 1995 while serving as Minister of Housing under President Nelson Mandela’s first administration.
In 1955 the late Slovo participated in the drafting of the Freedom Charter and subsequently became the Chief of Staff of the African National Congress (ANC) armed wing Umkhonto we Sizwe.
Slovo also served as the party's general-secretary from 1986 to 1991.
The SACP’s current general-secretary, Blade Nzimande, described Slovo as a man of practical action as one of the two founding fathers of Umkhonto weSizwe.
Nzimande also echoed the call by trade union federation Cosatu that those implicated in state capture must be arrested this year.
"I want to thank you, comrades, for having stood your ground despise provocation and may other things to expose and fight state capture," Nzimande said.
He added that those implicated in state capture should be arrested this year - irrespective of their age and health.
"We are not fighting against state capture so that those who are not eating think that this fight we are fighting we chase those who are eating so they can come and eat."
Nzimande believes capitalism prevents the country from reaching its full potential.
Listen to Nzimande below: