Chairperson, on 23 August 2009 the General-Secretary of the SA Communist Party announced that the central committee unanimously elected the Political Bureau member, the hon Ms Joyce Moloi-Meropa, to be the Deputy National Chairperson of the SA Communist Party.
Hon Moloi-Moropa rose from the ranks of the student movement in the 1980s and has been a member of the central committee of the SACP and a member of the Political Bureau since 1999. Her election is a testimony of the commitment of the South African society to advance the course of women. The ANC congratulates her on her election and wishes her success in her new role. I thank you. [Applause.]