Solly Afrika Mapaila

Solly Mapaila is a South African politician who has been the Second Deputy General Secretary of the South African Communist Party since 2012.[1][2]

Solly Mapaila
Second Deputy General Secretary
In office
2012–2017
Personal details
Political partySouth African Communist Party

Activism

Mapaila was a member of Umkhonto weSizwe and operated outside of South Africa prior to 1994.[1] On returning to South Africa in 1994 he was integrated into the South African Defence Force and stationed at Thaba Tshwane.[1]

Work

He is a forceful and determined critic of corruption within the African National Congress and the South African government,[3] and of the leadership of South African president Jacob Zuma.[4][5] The group of president Zuma supporters threaten him to open criminal charges against him if he continues to say that president is corrupt[6]

Mapaila has directly questioned the purported intelligence report titled "Operation Checkmate" used by President Jacob Zuma to fire the former Minister of Finance. Pravin Gordhan[7] He has led calls from within the Tripartite Alliance for the resignation of President Jacob Zuma.[8]

Mapaila is considered a leading candidate to succeed Blade Nzimande as general secretary of the SACP when the party holds leadership elections in 2017.[9]

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References
  1. "SACP's 'Comrade Crackdown' takes control". Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  2. "South African Communist Party". Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  3. Stone, Setumo (12 March 2017). "The ANC is not the God of the revolution". News24. Cape Town. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
  4. "SACP, ANC at loggerheads over Zuma". South African Broadcasting Corporation. 29 August 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
  5. Mkokeli, Sam; Sguazzin, Antony (1 November 2016). "ANC's Communist Allies Say Party Losing Grip on South Africa". Bloomberg Markets. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  6. "SACP leader could face criminal charges over Zuma criticism | IOL". Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  7. Pillay, Verashni (30 March 2017). "'For God's Sakes People!' SACP's Solly Mapaila Rubbishes Operation Checkmate Claims Against Pravin Gordhan". The Huffington Post South Africa. Johannesburg. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  8. "The party will not fall into the trap of false unity". Business Day. Johannesburg. 4 April 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  9. Hunter, Qaanitah (17 August 2016). "Tearful Blade ready to call time on the SACP". Sunday Times. Johannesburg. Retrieved 12 March 2017.


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