By William Madouk<\/p>\n
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Sudan People\u2019s Liberation Movement (SPLM) party on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with South Africa\u2019s National Congress Party to strengthen relations.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n SPLM secretary-general, Peter Lam Both, and his South African counterpart, Fikile Mbalula signed the agreement at the SPLM House in Juba on behalf of the chairpersons of their respective political parties.<\/p>\n Both parties will strengthen and rebuilding their 40-year historical ties through a joint political school, training of cadres, and exchange of knowledge and experience.<\/p>\n ANC secretary-general, Mr. Fikile Mbalula, said, \u201cWe are very delighted that today we have signed this memorandum of understanding. But our ties and our journey do not begin today.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe have been together in the trenches to liberate our people from colonialism and apartheid,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n He said political parties have to modernize, adapt, and be relevant all the time, adding that without them, they would not survive.<\/p>\n \u201cIn us, you’ve got allies. Have faith in our leadership, and trust and loyalty are what we build through the spirit of comradeship,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Mr. Peter Lam Both, the SPLM secretary-general, cited that \u201cthe ANC has always been an inspiration to the founding of the SPLM\/A in the 1980s.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cSo our ties, our bilateral ties\u2014nobody can break them despite the difficulties that we go through\u2014a liberation movement will always emerge strong,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n David Makhura, the ANC head of political education for the principal of a political school, said the inking MoU reaffirmed working relationships to bring about transformation and a better life on the continent.<\/p>\n \u201cIn our MoU, we are going to work together on strengthening our parties and party building. On how these parties facing different challenges and going into the future are going to work together,\u201d said Makhura.<\/p>\n \u201cThe second area of our MoU is about governance; we are going to support each other in improving. There will be a lot of training and exchanges, as we have always done, between South Africa and South Sudan,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n The MoU also entailed training the party members and building leadership capacity, including party discipline, vision, and the values of the two sister countries.<\/p>\n Mr. Badagbu Daniel, the SPLM secretary for culture, information, and communication, said, \u201cToday we have come to the end of a very historic visit of the ANC delegation led by the Secretary-General to the SPLM in South Sudan.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe will have a school, a political school, which will be a joint political school. The ANC and South Sudan will have a joint political school whereby we are going to train our cadres,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n Mr. Daniel further cites, \u201cWe will be learning from the best practices of the South African people, and they will also learn from our best practices in the SPLM.\u201d<\/p>\n Both South Sudan and South Africa shall hold elections in 2024, and the two parties are expected to contest in their respective nations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By William Madouk Sudan People\u2019s Liberation Movement (SPLM) party on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with South Africa\u2019s National Congress Party to strengthen relations. 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