Mmusi Maimané. Photo: Rooster Images
- Build One South Africa leader Mmusi Maimane says South Africa needs a new kind of politics.
- According to Maimane, South Africans face a bleak and hopeless future.
- He addressed the Cape Town Press Club on Monday, where he laid out his party’s vision ahead of the 2024 general election.
Build One South Africa (BOSA) leader Mmusi Maimane says South Africa needs a new kind of politics to turn the tide against the hopelessness and bleak prospects facing the nation.
“Our history of colonial oppression, after which some remarkable democratic gains were marred by decades of mismanagement and looting by the once great liberation movement, has left the country bloodied and broken,” Maimane said.
The former DA leader who launched BOSA in September addressed the Cape Town Press Club on Monday, where he laid out his party’s vision ahead of the 2024 general election.
“We also recognize that the prospect of change is frightening for many people. What if a new government is even worse than the one we have known for so long? What if a new government only cares about the elite and ignores the millions of people who struggle every day in South Africa’s townships and rural areas? she asked her.
Maimane said BOSA understood the depressed mood of South Africans.
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“We see you. We understand you. We share your fears. That’s why we need a new kind of politics to build a prosperous future, not just for the small elite who got rich under apartheid, or the small elite who got fat under the ANC, but for all South Africans, no matter who they are,” he said.
Part of BOSA’s plan is to crack down on corruption, create jobs, and elect public representatives directly rather than through the proportional representation system.
“We call it radical centrism: a program that rejects the politics of us vs. them, left vs. right, rich vs. poor, or tribe vs. tribe. Instead, he stands firm on the middle ground. We adopt ideas not because they fit a particular ideology, but because they have been shown to work.
“We partner with others not because we agree with everything they stand for, but because working together is how we build a successful new country in which everyone has a stake,” Maimane said.
