Solly Afrika Mapaila

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

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]

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]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "SACP's 'Comrade Crackdown' takes control". Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  2. ↑ "South African Communist Party". Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  3. ↑ Stone, Setumo (March 12, 2017). "The ANC is not the God of the revolution". News24. Cape Town. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
  4. ↑ "SACP, ANC at loggerheads over Zuma". South African Broadcasting Corporation. August 29, 2016. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
  5. ↑ Mkokeli, Sam; Sguazzin, Antony (November 1, 2016). "ANC's Communist Allies Say Party Losing Grip on South Africa". Bloomberg Markets. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
  6. ↑ "SACP leader could face criminal charges over Zuma criticism | IOL". Retrieved 2017-07-08.
  7. ↑ Pillay, Verashni (March 30, 2017). "'For God's Sakes People!' SACP's Solly Mapaila Rubbishes Operation Checkmate Claims Against Pravin Gordhan". The Huffington Post South Africa. Johannesburg. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
  8. ↑ "The party will not fall into the trap of false unity". Business Day. Johannesburg. April 4, 2017. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
  9. ↑ Hunter, Qaanitah (August 17, 2016). "Tearful Blade ready to call time on the SACP". Sunday Times. Johannesburg. Retrieved March 12, 2017.


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