South African Communist Party (SACP) General Secretary Solly Mapaila says they will hold all newly appointed government officials accountable in the 7th administration.
His comments follow President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Cabinet announcement on Sunday, which saw six Democratic Alliance (DA) Ministers and Deputy Ministers being appointed into government.
The SACP has been opposed to a Government of National Unity involving the DA.
Mapaila says no political party will be allowed to reverse the gains of democracy.
He says, “As far as these Cabinet Ministers from other parties, this is a Government of National Unity, we’ll hold the entire government accountable, even against mass mobilisation that we have outlined here. We dare say there shall be no Minister who thinks that they can reverse the gains of our democracy and that they will be left unchallenged by the Communist Party. We will never allow that thing to happen. That’s for sure.”
