These papers were collected by Dale McKinley, who in 1994 became the chairperson of the Johannesburg Central Branch (JCB) of the South African Communist Party (SACP). He also became the new chairperson of the Greater Johannesburg District Branch from 1996-1998 and was elected to the Provincial Executive Committee (PEC) of the party in Gauteng Province in 1998. In early 2000 he resigned from his position as a PEC member and soon after, resigned as an employee of the party. In October 2000 he was expelled from the SACP.