Maimane’s new party is ready to build

OVER the next six months, the new kid on the block, Build One South Africa (Bosa), is expected to “crisscross” South Africa, building structures across the country.

Chairperson Mkhuseli Jack told Weekend Argus this week the political party, after its launch, was on an urgent mission to build one South Africa for all.

“We are dedicated to building South Africa because it is currently broken and this is something that is urgent,” Jack said.

Former DA leader Mmusi Maimane launched the party in Soweto last week. The party will contest the 2024 elections.

At the launch, where he made bold promises, Maimane unveiled the rest of the party’s leadership, with Nobuntu Hlazo-Webster announced as deputy leader and Mudzuli Rakhivhane as the party’s spokesperson.

Jack is also the newly elected deputy mayor in Nelson Mandela Bay and is a councillor for the Abantu Integrity Movement (AIM) in the Bay.

He said joining the party was a no-brainer and it was the solution to political decay in the country.

“If we are going to build the same South Africa that we want, we need people who have the same vision, and that is what Bosa, led by Mmusi (Maimane), does.”

“The leadership of Bosa are young people. They tick all the boxes. It is going to achieve what a One South Africa ought to be,” Jack said.

He said the plan was for Maimane to meet representatives across the provinces, including the Western Cape.

“They are plotting a way forward as to how to set up our appropriate structures, which will be fit for purpose across the country. We are formalising everything,” Jack said.

Bosa spokesperson Rakhivhane said the plan was to have three leaders in each province.

“Their job will be to go into communities and empower those communities to build their own structures,” she said.

Rakhivhane said people interested in being leaders could sign up on the party’s website but warned they would be subjected to a selection or screening processes. Communities can identify their leaders and sign them.

“The idea is to build from the ground up with three core leaders managing that process,” she said, adding the plan was to have structures established by the first quarter of 2023.

“We are not starting from scratch, a lot of the people that we are working with are community organisations which One South Africa has been working with and they have the structures in place,” Rakhivhane said.