We have a plan to fix SA, Mashaba tells voting public
ACTIONSA leader Herman Mashaba says his party is the solution if citizens want to fight corruption. Speaking at the party’s manifesto launch in Joburg yesterday, Mashaba said his message to the people was that hope was not lost – they could fix South Africa.
“Do you want a war waged against corruption? Do you want mayors who work night and day to make sure your businesses thrive and jobs are growing?
Do you want electricity, water, roads delivered where residents have never had the dignity of these services? Then this is your team,” he said.
“We’ve got a plan to fix South Africa that starts at home, with fixing our local governments,” he said.
Mashaba spoke out against the high crime rate in the country.
“No country can prosper without the rule of law. Criminals should live in fear, not law-abiding citizens.
“The work to fix South Africa has begun but we cannot do it alone. I am here today to invite you to join us, young and old, black or white or Indian or coloured, and women of all cultural backgrounds. Whichever God you pray to, and wherever you live, I ask you to join us, because with your help nothing or no one can stop us as we work to provide hope to South Africans, and working together we can fix South Africa,” Mashaba said.
A young ActionSA supporter, Nana Saya, said: “Unemployment affects us, crime affects us, poor service delivery affects us. Sometimes, as a citizen, you need to rise up and say, ‘It’s enough. Enough is enough!’”
Mashaba, who is also the party’s City of Joburg mayoral candidate, was joined by the entire party leadership, including national chairperson Michael Beaumont, provincial chairpersons John Moodey (Gauteng), Vytjie Mentor (Western Cape), eThekwini mayoral candidate Dr Makhosi Khoza, Tshwane mayoral candidate Abel Tau, Ekurhuleni mayoral candidate Tlhogi Moseki and members of the party’s senate in delivering their manifesto.