Organisers of the Conference of the Left have dismissed suggestions that they are forming a political party.
The South African Communist Party (SACP) sponsored gathering, set to take place in Boksburg in the east of Johannesburg, is set to rebuild the organised power of the working class and the poor.
It will be attended by at least 10 leftist political parties, 13 trade unions and trade union federations, 19 social movements and community organisations.
Nine international solidarity organisations will also attend.
General Secretary of SACP Solly Mapaila says: “We are working with various social organisations that are doing the work that we are unable to do as political parties for instance in different areas, working in squatter camps for sanitation. So, in all those things, we want to consolidate the capacity of these various left forces to coordinate and support those struggles in a common program, that’s what we are trying to do. We are not setting up a new political party, no – we remain independent organisations here. So, the gossip and the lies that were generated about intentions are completely unfounded.”
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