Since the last sitting of the DA’s Federal Council, there has been a seismic shift in South Africa’s political landscape. The state capture that the DA warned about in 2013 is now an undisputed reality.
In this light, our country is approaching the most important election since the dawn of democracy.
The 2019 General Elections will define whether South Africa can turn around our present decline, and grow to be the prosperous modern democracy that we envisage. We know what many voters are realising day by day – the ANC cannot self correct, and we are determined that Election 2019 will see the end of the ANC’s occupation of the Union Buildings.
The Federal Council this weekend unpacked the latest DA polling data revealing that the DA is gaining ground on the ANC.
It is greatly encouraging to report that the ANC is polling below 50%, which means that it can be unseated at the next election.
It is time for all South Africans to unite against the corrupt Gupta-led ANC and to vote for change at the next election.
Over the next 700 days, the DA’s primary focus will be to prepare for national government and to mount an election campaign of unprecedented scale and reach.
A crucial part of achieving this objective is developing a policy offer that is compelling and credible.
To this end, the Federal Council discussed a number of key policy areas for further development including: jobs and the economy, education, land reform, health, and human settlements.
Through our vigorous and thorough policy process, we will offer a complete suite of policy positions for national government. This remains one of our key focuses in the lead up to 2019.
Of equal importance is ensuring an expanded pool of excellent, diverse and hard-working DA candidates for the 2019 national and provincial elections. In this regard, we considered proposed amendments to the DA’s candidate selection process.
Federal Council also recognised the crucial role that our track record of good governance will play in increasing our support in 2019.
To this end, Federal Council noted the DA’s strong performance in the Western Cape where we are continuing to deliver excellent results.
The Western Cape Premier’s Office was this week praised by the Auditor General as being most actively engaged in helping to improve audit outcomes and deliver sound, clean financial management of public monies.
Under DA leadership, 80% of Western Cape municipalities got clean audits, with KwaZulu Natal in second place with just 18% clean audits.
The City of Cape Town was the only metro to receive a clean audit in the 2015/16 financial year.
Moreover, the DA-run Midvaal was the only municipality in Gauteng to get a clean audit in 2015/16.
The theme emerging from this DA Federal Council is clear: time is running out to save South Africa. Our current government is slowly destroying our precious country, with the ANC on course to lose the next election.
The DA will work night and day to unseat the corrupt Gupta-led ANC government from office.
We have set goals and targets for the Road to 2019, and we will work tirelessly to achieve them.
Regards
Mmusi Maimane
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