Johannesburg - Shack dwellers' movement, Abahlali baseMjondolo, on Saturday lashed out at the SA Communist Party (SACP) saying it had abandoned poor people.
"When the SACP condemn us they condemn the struggles of the people across the country," it said in a statement.
Abahlali noted the party's statement that said blockading roads was anarchy and reactionary.
"If road blockades are anarchistic and reactionary then it is clear that anarchy and reaction is very popular in South Africa," Abahlali said.
Abahlali said communities, organisations and movements across SA had been blockading roads for years to get their message across.
"We are not the only people that have blockaded roads in Cape Town... Many of the road blockades are not organised by us."
Abahlali had been organising road blockades around Cape Town recently to protest the slow rate at which housing was being supplied to shack dwellers.
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