SACP’s Mapaila says SA being targeted by West for fighting for Palestinian liberation

CAPE TOWN - The South African Communist Party (SACP) secretary-general, Solly Mapaila, said South Africa was being targeted by Western countries for fighting for the just cause of the liberation of the people of Palestine.

He spoke at the May Day rally at the Athlone Stadium on Wednesday.

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Mapaila said the Western countries only thrived on war and oppression.

According to the SACP leader, South Africans must rally behind the African National Congress (ANC) in the upcoming elections to prevent neoliberal forces and capitalists from taking over the government.

"These elections, these are massive elections not only for the African National Congress and the people of this country," said Mapaila.

"These are international elections against exploitation, these are elections between the African people as a whole, and against the oppressors of the West who want to take us back."