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The Conference of the Left was initiated by the South African Communist Party (SACP), but very quickly became a project of a steering committee that included a range of organisations (trade unions, Black Consciousness political formations, and breakaway groups from the African National Congress). Meetings across the spectrum of political organisations in South Africa became the method to invite them to come with an open mind to this gathering and to see if they could build a minimum programme of action through a Council of the Left.