He says the ANC is continuing to engage the SACP with the hope that the two parties will reach common ground.

Mbalula addressed delegates of the Northern Cape Province, ANC elective conference in Kimberley on Thursday.

"We are processing the discussion including its implication to us as the movement. It’s important that we must engage and we are engaging with it.

What we have said and what we have seen is that if the SACP stands on its own, it will have impact on the alliance. So that is why we are not on this emotional roller-coaster. This will not be rewarding to us."

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