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Business Day, Johannesburg, October 17 2006
=SACP politburo backs general secretary=


 * Karima Brown**

The South African Communist Party (SACP) politburo rallied behind party general secretary Blade Nzimande yesterday, saying his speeches articulated party policy and that nothing he had said was “by any stretch pf the imagination at variance with the programme, policies, constitution and perspectives of the SACP”. This follows speculation that Nzimande did not have his party’s full support when he criticised President Thabo Mbeki’s handling of the economy and HIV/AIDS. Delivering his political overview at the African National Congress’ national executive meeting two weeks ago, Mbeki accused Nzimande of “Extraordinary Arrogance”.