SACP leader Solly Mapaila says they will protest outside the United States embassy in Pretoria over the detention of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, by US forces. The general secretary of the SACP, Solly Mapaila, who claimed he had struggled to sleep for two days following the capture ofVenezuelan President Nicolás Maduroand his wife, says the party will march to the US embassy on Thursday to protest against the actions of the US. Mapaila confirmed the march would take place on January 8 and called on all alliance partners and South Africans to join.
“I must, from the beginning, indicate that we are organising a march to the US embassy on Thursday. All the alliance components and everyone in South Africa are invited,” Mapaila said on Tuesday. He was speaking at the 31st annual Joe Slovo commemoration at Avalon Cemetery in Soweto. Mapaila said he had struggled to sleep for two days following the US operation.
