South African Communist Party General Secretary Solly Mapaila. Picture: X / @SACP1921 The South African Communist Party (SACP) said it will march to the US embassy in Pretoria on Thursday to demonstrate against what it described as the abduction of Venezuela’s president, Nicolas Maduro. Speaking in Soweto on Tuesday, the party’s secretary-general, Solly Mapaila, said the SACP and its allies are offended by the US’ actions in the South American country.
“The US should not know peace in our country when they destabilise peace in other countries,” he said. It is not clear what the implications of this march would be, given existing tensions between South Africa and the US. ButThe Citizenunderstands that the South African government has slowed down a process that would see the street where the US consulate is in Johannesburg being renamed after a controversial Palestinian leader, Leila Khaled.
Mapaila added that all the SACP’s alliance partners and civil society organisations are invited to march in solidarity with the people of Venezuela. The Citizenhas reached out to the ANC to see whether they would support this march. This article will be updated when the comment is received.
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Mapaila said Washington had been involved in the sovereign affairs of other countries for decades, which includes influencing regime change and tampering with democratic processes. “We in the South will never accept this to happen; we will fight for our independence until we die, all of us,” he said. Mapaila said the U.S attack on Venezuela and the manner in which Maduro’s arrest was carried out couldpotentially upset the world order.
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