Corruption, crime, jobs, immigration and service delivery will top the DA’s agenda ahead of the upcoming national polls.
The party launched its 2019 elections campaign in Johannesburg on Saturday, with leader Mmusi Maimane introducing a core election team and the DA’s premier candidates.
“One South Africa for all” was announced as the campaign slogan. ‘Madiba’s dream eroded’
Maimane, who delivered a keynote address at the event, focused on his upbringing and the hope he and many others had when South Africa had a democratic breakthrough in 1994. He once again lauded the country’s founding father, the late Nelson Mandela, who served as its first democratic president, saying under his leadership there was a vision for different South Africans to co-exist and thrive as one nation, but that Madiba’s dream had been eroded by his political party, the ANC, over the years.
“The South Africa I see today looks nothing like the vision of the South Africa I saw in 1994. It looks nothing like the dream we all shared. Not even close,” said Maimane.
The election machinery has appointed different leaders in the party to focus on specific issues in the party’s campaign. These include its chief whip in Parliament, John Steeinhuizen, who will focus on crime; Makashule Gana on basic services; Natasha Mazzone on state capture; Geordin Hill-Lewis on employment; its youth leader Luyolo Mpithi and Yusuf Cassim will focus their attention on South Africa’s youth population; Thandeka Mbabama will be the point person on land; and Jacques Julius will focus on secure borders.
“No country in the world can afford uncontrolled immigration, and particularly not a country where resources are as scarce as ours,” said Maimane during his speech.
Source – News24
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