Interesting. Usually the South African Communist Party (SACP) and Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) stand united as the left flank of the ANC’s Tripartite alliance, usually at an uncomfortable distance from the ANC itself. President Jacob Zuma is following the ANC script by condemning the ongoing public sector strikes that are disrupting the country. But COSATU has lashed out at the SACP, claiming that the Communists have been insufficiently supportive of the strikes. One imagines that the ANC is enjoying a bit of schadenfreude over the schism among the leftists who usually spend their time teaming up and haranguing the ANC.
