Communist party wants amnesty for blacklisted debtors

Members of the South African Communist Party marched to banks and businesses in Randfontein on Saturday to demand a one-off credit amnesty for all blacklisted South Africans. Mail & Guardian Online quotes spokesperson Nkosiphendule Kolisile as saying hundreds of the party's members and the West Rand community sang struggle songs as they marched to demand that businesses stop what they called reckless lending. The party handed over memorandums to managers of banks, furniture retailers and fashion shops in the area. The SACP called on businesses to convene a summit where they would discuss alternative ways of dealing with debtors with the community.