SACP South African Communist Party Central Committee SACP Central Committee final briefing: Press Conference Today, 1 June 2014 (12h30) Sunday, 1 June 2014 - Johannesburg The quarterly SACP Central Committee Plenary Session is underway in Braamfontein, Johannesburg. It is scheduled to adjourn by 12h15 this afternoon. The Central Committee is the Party's highest decision-making body in between National Congresses which convene once every five years. The Central Committee has been in session since Friday, 30 May 2014, to assess the Party Programme: developing SACP as the vanguard of the working class, advancing and deepening the National Democratic Revolution as the road to - and leading the struggle for - Socialism. The Central Committee analysed and discussed: * the outcome of the Fifth democratic general election, and, linked with this, the strategic and policy content of our second, more radical phase of transition; * the role and influence of the working class and Party organisation, its leaders and members in all key sites of struggle and power, namely the State, Community, Economy, Workplace, Ideological terrain, International terrain, and the Environment; * developments in the mining sector in general and the Rustenburg platinum belt in particular; * the state of the labour movement in general and COSATU in particular; * the state of the South African and world economy and consequent socio-political relations; The Central Committee is currently completing its discussions on Organisational Policy, the state of Party organisation, the Alliance and the Mass Democratic Movement as led by the ANC with focus on the unfolding historical period and the tasks that lie ahead. The outcome of the Central Committee will be announced in a public statement at a Press Conference scheduled as follows: Date: Today, 1 June 2014 Time: 12h30 Venue: Parktonian Hotel (120 De Korte Street, Braamfontein, Johannesburg) The Press Conference will be addressed by SACP National Officials: * General Secretary Comrade Blade Nzimande, re-appointed Minister of Higher education and Training; * First Deputy General Secretary Comrade Jeremy Cronin, re-appointed Deputy Minister of Public Works; * Second Deputy General Secretary Comrade Solly Mapaila, one of the full-time Central Committee members; * National Chairperson Comrade Sezeni Zokwane, new Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry; * Deputy National Chairperson Comrade Thulas Nxesi, re-appointed Minister of Public Works; and * National Treasurer Comrade Joyce Moloi-Moropa, Member of Parliament. The media is invited to attend and cover the Press Conference. Issued by the SACP Contact: SACP Media and Communication Department Alex Mashilo - Spokesperson Mobile: 082 9200 308 Mobile: 060 434 1192 Office: 011 339 3621/1 Follow us on Twitter: @2SACP Website: <http://www.sacp.org.za> www.sacp.org.za -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
