The South African Communist Party (SACP) is opposed to a coalition government between the African National Congress (ANC) and the Democratic Alliance (DA) or the newly formed Umkhonto we'Sizwe (MK) party.
The SACP yesterday briefed the media on the election results in Marshalltown, following the ANC's dwindling electoral support.
The ANC confirmed it was in coalition talks with six parties, including the DA.
These are the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), the National Freedom Party (NFP) and the Patriotic Alliance (PA).
But South African Communist Party secretary-general Solly Mapaila said a coalition with the DA would go against the party's anti-capitalist policies.
He said: “We support a minority government with GNU (Government of National Unity) characteristics, a government of national unity without the role and participation of DA-led forces. So we are clear on our anti-capitalist trajectory. The problems facing the country are because we have been bound by capitalist interests that we have pursued for many years and that have always threatened economic stability.”
Mapaila dismissed the possibility of a coalition with the MK party as counter-revolutionary.
“If the MK party negotiates with the ANC and comes to the conclusion to support them in this framework, the ANC has the right to do so, but we consider them a counter-revolutionary organisation,” he said.
SACP national chairperson Blade Nzimande says their position on the DA is not intended to influence the ruling party's decisions.
“For us, this is a contribution to transparency and as the South African Communist Party we do not want there to be any doubt about our position on this particular issue. This is not intended to influence anyone other than to express our own position and as the Secretary-General said, what we consider to be paramount are matters of interest to the working class and poor of our country,” Nzimande said.
Video: South African Communist Party media briefing on coalition talks: