Pretoria, July 31st, 2019.- The National Executive Committee of the African National Congress (ANC), made up by the main leaders of that ruling political association, carried out various working sessions during the last few days, where debates addressed core topics for the work of that organization in the national and the international spheres.
As part of the decisions included in the final document announced today before the press by ANC Secretary-General Ace Magashule, the higher instance of the African National Congress leadership reaffirmed the Resolution of Solidarity with Cuba approved by the 2018 ANC National Conference, by virtue of which the Government of the United States is demanded to cease the criminal economic blockade on the island. Likewise, the Resolution expresses its support for a growing trade between Cuba and South Africa.
The ANC National Executive Committee also agreed to extend warm congratulations for the 60th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution and the Day National Rebelliousness, recently commemorated, recognizing the role of Commander in Chief Fidel Castro as heroic leader of the 26th of July Movement, protagonist that day of 1953, of the attacks on the Moncada Barracks, in Santiago de Cuba and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes Barracks in Bayamo, in the eastern region of Cuba. That valuable armed action ushered in the last stage of the struggle of the Cuban people towards their definitive liberation, reached 5 years, 5 months and five days later, with the triumph of the Cuban Revolution on January 1st, 1959.