LABOUR PARTY CONVENES LOCAL RALLY IN EMALAHLENI
MEDIA RELEASE2025-03-26 SUMMARY: The Labour Party of South Africa (Labour Party) convened its first Local Rally in Emalahleni on Human Rights Day, marking the beginning of a national programme of community-based mobilisation ahead of the 2026/2027 Local Government Elections. The rally linked the historical struggle for political freedom with the ongoing struggle for economic justice, […]
LABOUR PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICA NKANGALA LOCAL RALLY EMALAHLENI
Human Rights Day 2025-03-21 Speech for Interim President, Cde Joseph Vusumuzi Mathunjwa Comrades,Members of the working class,And the people of Nkangala, Today, we gather not by coincidence, but because history demands that we do. In 1960, the police killed 69 South Africans for demanding political freedom, just as in 2012, they killed 34 mineworkers for […]
LABOUR PARTY CELEBRATES ELECTION OF ITS COUNCILLOR AS SPEAKER OF THABAZIMBI MUNICIPALITY
MEDIA RELEASE2025-03-18 SUMMARY: The Labour Party of South Africa (Labour Party) welcomes the election of its Councillor, Daniel Mampeule, as Speaker of the Thabazimbi Local Municipality. The Party views this development as a decisive step in stabilising a municipality that has suffered prolonged governance failure, political infighting and service delivery collapse, and emphasises that the […]
LABOUR PARTY INTERVENTION LEADS TO RESTORATION OF POWER IN GREATER TAUNG
MEDIA RELEASE2025-03-06 SUMMARY: The Labour Party of South Africa (Labour Party) has welcomed the restoration of electricity in Ward 3 of the Greater Taung Municipality following its intervention. The Party says the development reflects its commitment to practical action that restores essential services to communities. The Labour Party welcomes the restoration of electricity in Ward […]
LABOUR PARTY DISTANCES ITSELF FROM DISORDERLY REMOVAL OF THABAZIMBI MUNICIPAL MANAGER
MEDIA RELEASE2025-03-05 SUMMARY: The Labour Party of South Africa (Labour Party) has formally distanced itself from the purported termination of the Thabazimbi Municipal Manager following reports that the decision was allegedly taken without a properly convened council meeting. The Party states that municipal governance must adhere strictly to lawful council processes and cannot be conducted […]
LABOUR PARTY SAYS NO TO BUDGET WITHOUT REFORM
MEDIA RELEASE2025-02-25 SUMMARY: The Labour Party of South Africa (Labour Party) notes that while the Budget Speech promised investor-friendly reforms, the working class continues to confront broken services, corruption and deep inequality that no amount of rhetoric can mask. The Party argues that true transformation in South Africa requires ethical governance and practical solutions that […]
LABOUR PARTY CRITICISES GOVERNMENT FOR FAILING TO CURB CRIME AND UNEMPLOYMENT
MEDIA RELEASE2025-02-21 SUMMARY: The Labour Party of South Africa (Labour Party) holds the African National Congress (ANC), now part of the Government of National Unity (GNU), directly responsible for South Africa’s escalating crime and unemployment crisis after nearly three decades in power. Despite marginal statistical shifts, violent crime remains at war-like levels, while under-reporting continues […]
LABOUR PARTY WARNS AGAINST CENTRALISATION AS COGTA EXTENDS NATIONAL STATE OF DISASTER
MEDIA RELEASE2025-02-16 SUMMARY: The Labour Party of South Africa (Labour Party) notes the extension of the National State of Disaster and cautions that disaster management must not be used to centralise power at the expense of provincial autonomy, municipal authority and traditional leadership. The Party reaffirms its federal vision of self-determination under a united constitutional […]
LABOUR PARTY SLAMS SONA AS RECYCLED PROMISES AND GOVERNANCE FAILURE
MEDIA RELEASE2025-02-13 SUMMARY: The Labour Party of South Africa (Labour Party) has rejected the 2026 State of the Nation Address (SONA) as a recycled script of unimplemented promises, accusing the Government of National Unity (GNU) of presiding over deepening crime, economic stagnation, infrastructure collapse and policy paralysis. The Party says South Africans do not need […]
LABOUR PARTY CRITIQUES NATIONAL DECLINE AHEAD OF SONA
MEDIA RELEASE2025-02-12 SUMMARY: The Labour Party of South Africa (Labour Party) has condemned and critiqued the ANC and the GNU ahead of the 2026 SONA, calling it a failed government that has eroded democracy, mismanaged the economy, and allowed crime to escalate. The Party calls for a political reset, and meaningful job creation. The State […]