At the same time he was also a member of the Provincial Executive Committee of the South African Communist Party (SACP).
The inter-war years saw the Regiment deployed during the 1922 Rand Revolt, when rebellious South African Communist Party white miners attempted to overthrow the government of General Jan Smuts.
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Talking of the alliance which governs South Africa between the ANC, COSATU and the SACP after a failed trip to see the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) in 2004, he is critical of the ANCs approach to Zimbabwe, privatisation, and corruption in government.
In 1993, Kemp was a witness in the prosecution relating to the murder of the South African Communist Party leader Chris Hani.