Cape Town — Leader of Build One South Africa (BOSA), Mmusi Maimane, believes that his party is the only one fit enough to carry out the legacy and the dreams promised when South Africa became a democracy in 1994.
Maimane was speaking at BOSA’s manifesto launch on Sunday.
He decried the current state of the country and said that those who voted in the country’s first democratic elections in 1994 wanted to create a better life for their children.
He said that, while he didn’t want to diminish any achievements since 1994, many were suffering under the democratic government, EWN reported.
“That dream and that hope have fast been deferred for too many people, life is becoming hard. More than half of our citizens are living below the poverty line, that promise of freedom is no longer there, that dream is now a nightmare, and now many of us are standing here today saying that we feel the party that we entrusted in 1994 is no longer the party of Nelson Mandela,” the report quoted him as saying.
Maimane promised to create two million jobs over the next five years and to to bring the country’s load shedding crisis to an end.
He also promised to reform the country’s education, and to create a stable environment for new jobs.
[WATCH] BOSA leader Mmusi Maimane says now is the time for South Africans to stand up for themselves and take the right decision by voting out corrupt politicians and government. #Newzroom405 pic.twitter.com/uGsy0XjQVo
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[WATCH] Bosa leader Mmusi Maimane says under the party’s leadership, the lights will be kept on. “This thing of going to sleep and waking up in the morning without lights is straining us. Load shedding should come to an end. Eskom has failed us in many ways.” #Newzroom405 pic.twitter.com/wEZ0gP3abf
— Newzroom Afrika (@Newzroom405) January 28, 2024
Bosa leader Mmusi Maimane vowed to create more jobs for South Africans. Maimane made these remarks as he launched his party’s election manifesto today, ahead of the 2024 general elections. Newzroom Afrika’s @NqobileMadlala_ has more. #Newzroom405
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