The South African Communist Party on imperialism, the war on Iran, BRICS, Lebanon, Cuba and Venezuela. South African Communist Party 14th Plenary Session of the 15th Congress Central Committee Statement - Excerpt related to the international situation. (For the full statement: South African CP, 14th Plenary Session of the 15th Congress Central Committee Statement ) 27–29 March 2026, COSATU House, Braamfontein, Johannesburg Rebuild working-class power, defend sovereignty, ad

South African Communist Party Statement on attacks on Iranian Natanz nuclear facility Tuesday, 24 March 2026: The South African Communist Party (SACP) condemns that attack on the Iranian Natanz nuclear facility by the imperialist US and apartheid Israel regimes. The attack on the Natanz nuclear facility is in contravention of international law. Despite Iranian submission to periodic international inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency and there being no eviden

Aftermath of an Israeli strike on Lebanon -- image via news video screenshot South African Communist Party Statement on bombing of Lebanon by apartheid Israeli regime Thursday, 19 March 2026: - For the past week, the apartheid Israeli regime has initiated and keeps escalating a campaign of violence against the state of Lebanon. This campaign is not merely limited to bombing of particular sites of importance to Lebanon utilising missiles as primary weapons but has now include

Statements from Communist and workers' parties in South Africa, Swaziland, Mexico, Sudan, Ireland and Canada. Image from a women's rally in Los Angeles, USA, 2017 -- public domain image South African Communist Party Statement on International Working Women’s Day Sunday, 8 March 2026:- The South African Communist Party (SACP) joins the millions of women in South Africa and around the world in celebrating the international working women’s day. We recognise that this day is an o

Scene of the bombing of Ali Khamenei's Tehran house from Israeli strikes on February 28, 2026 -- image via video screenshot on X South African Communist Party Statement on the murder of head of state Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Monday, 2 March 2026 :- It is with great sadness that we have learned of the assassination of the Head of State of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The murderous acts of the regimes of apartheid Israel and the US towards Iran reflec

SACP joins the Cuban people in the 131st anniversary of the Cuban War of Independence from Spanish colonial rule Tuesday, 24 February 2026:- The South African Communist Party (SACP) joins the Cuban people in commemorating the 131st anniversary of the 1895 decisive war for independence of Cuba from Spanish Colonial rule, famously titled “Necessary War” for the total independence of Cuba. The Cuban people’s struggle against imperialism is not accidental nor mistaken but stands

Jesse Jackson speaks at a protest in 2011 -- Susan Ruggles from Milwaukee, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Via the South African Communist Party SACP pays tribute to revered civil rights icon Reverend Jesse Jackson The South African Communist Party (SACP) pays tribute to revered civil rights icon, Reverend Jesse Jackson, who spent his life in the struggle against racial segregation and all other forms of human subjugation. The SACP conveys its message of heartfelt condo

Illegal Israeli West Bank settlement -- Image via news video screenshot The South African Communist Party (SACP) condemns the apartheid Israeli settler regime’s expansionist plans to occupy more Palestinian land in the West Bank, designating it as “state land" yet another manoeuvre to deepen its apartheid policy on the Palestinian people. The annexation is yet another violation of international law, aimed at entrenching the illegal occupation of Palestinian land. The latest

Water being distributed into buckets in South Africa -- image via news video screenshot South African Communist Party Statement on the national water crisis Thursday, 12 February 2026: - The South African Communist Party (SACP) is extremely concerned by the current national water crisis in the country. The taps have been dry for months in several parts of the country and where there has been no constant absence of water the residents have been forced to contend with inconsis

Scores of protesters picketed outside the US Consulate General in Cape Town. The protesters demanded that the US end its sponsorship of the Palestinian genocide. All photos by Mzi Velapi By Mzi Velapi, Elitsha, South Africa Waving Palestinian and Iranian flags and chanting ‘Hands off Venezuela’, protesters lined the road outside the United States of America Consulate General in Cape Town as part of ‘intensified protests’ against ‘American Imperialism’ on Thursday. Led by the

Image via video screenshot on X Various Sources After a broad coalition of South African trade unions, political formations, civil society organisations and solidarity movements including the South African Communist Party (SACP) called for an emergency protest, protestors rallied en masse outside the US embassy in Pretoria to condemn the US military invasion of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores. Acc

Via the South African Communist Party Wednesday, 7 January 2026 :- A broad coalition of South African trade unions, political formations, civil society organisations and solidarity movements are holding an emergency picket tomorrow, Thursday 8 January 2026, outside the US embassy in Pretoria to condemn the US military invasion of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores. This emergency action marks the fir

Cruise missile launched at targets in Nigeria on Christmas Day -- screenshot shot image via video released by the US Department of War SACP condemns US military intervention in Nigeria Saturday, 27 December 2025: - The South African Communist Party (SACP) condemns the military intervention by the US military in northern Nigeria. The attacks have ignited widespread concern among countries in the African continent. This military intervention comes as no surprise given the rece

Trump on November 7, 2025 -- public domain image South African Communist Party SACP totally rejects Donald Trump’s racist propaganda about South Africa, reiterates its unequivocal condemnation of the apartheid Israeli settler regime’s genocide on Palestinian people and the attacks by the same regime on Lebanon Sunday, 9 November 2025: - The South African Communist Party (SACP) condemns and totally rejects United States president Donald Trump’s latest rant of blatant false in

The Politburo of the South African Communist Party (SACP) on the international situation, including the United States’ imperialist military and other forms of aggression against Venezuela, the war crimes in Sudan, the Israeli regime’s genocide on the Palestinian people, the United States’ illegal blockade against Cuba, the Western Saharan people’s struggle against Moroccan colonialism, and the struggle for democracy in Swaziland. This was part of a broader statement looking a

South African Communist Party Media Statement on the war in Sudan Saturday, 1 November 2025 : - The South African Communist Party (SACP) condemns, with revolutionary outrage, the barbaric massacres and systematic violence unleashed by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) against defenceless civilians in El Fasher, Bara, and other regions of Darfur and Kordofan in Sudan. These atrocities - summary executions, arbitrary detentions, looting, property destruction, and forced displacem

Israeli troops in Gaza, May 2025 -- image via IDF Spokesperson's Unit, Wikimedia Commons The SACP calls for the international isolation...

South African Communist Party statement on imperialist United States regime’s act of war against Venezuela In conjunction with the...

Anas al-Sharif -- image via X Wednesday, 13 August 2025 : The South African Communist Party (SACP) condemns in the strongest terms...

The South African Communist Party on its 104th anniversary, Trump's imperialist bullying and the international situation including in...