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The 15th national conference of the South African Communist Party (SACP) will get underway on Wednesday in Boksburg, east of Johannesburg.
The four-day gathering is expected to elect new leadership with the SACP’s longest-serving general-secretary Dr Blade Nzimande set to step down after almost 25 years at the helm.
Nzimande stated earlier in an interview with SABC News that he was passing on a stronger and better SACP to the next generation.
Nzimande claims he is stepping down and leaving a party that has grown to over 300 000 members from its initial 10 000.
Both President Cyril Ramaphosa and Cosatu president Zingiswa Losi are also expected to address the four-day gathering.
