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Article: Signs of ANC-Communist Party Split Emerging in S. Africa
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- The Washington Post
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- October 2, 1990
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The first signs of a split developing between the African
National Congress and the South African Communist Party, longtime
allies in the anti-apartheid struggle, surfaced here this weekend
when two well-known Communists withdrew from the first regional ANC
elections.
In a successful bid for leadership of the ANC's Regional
Executive Committee, veteran ANC member Christmas Tinto spoke
strongly against the deeply entrenched practice of holding leadership
in both parties, prompting the withdrawal of his two Communist rivals
for the position.
The issue of extensive overlapping leaderships between the ANC
and Communist Party has been defended by both parties as a legacy of
three decades of ...