Thread by @MmusiMaimane

I usually keep quiet about the @Our_DA because I am a gentleman but I notice that @jsteenhuisen has mentioned my name in the @SundayTimesZA article and as such I am going to clarify matters

In 2019 the DA did not lose because of me, but because of John and @helenzille. Thread

Let’s start with a core issue South Africa must accept. There is no good ANC and no bad ANC.

We have seen corruption from both factions and we have seen 27 years of mismanagement and misappropriation of state resources.

I said this before and I will say it again. It’s the ANC

Today the DA is saying they are open to coalition with some factions of the ANC as long as @CyrilRamaphosa is the president.

They are officially out of opposition and are now themselves a faction of the ANC.

It’s an admission of defeat. A recognition that they can’t grow.

To grow as a political party you must be honest with the people about the history of this country.

Privilege exists. We have to diversify the benches of parliament. We have to work on land equity and justice.

We have to see people, their pain and we can’t be color blind.

Now why did the DA lose in 2019.

I wanted us to grow our voter base among the middle class and the youth of SA.

That requires speaking to them about issues that matter to them.

John and Helen closed that gate. As you can see from their present messaging and tactics.

As a leader I can’t go to a university student and say there is no white privilege, race is not a factor in South Africa.

I would be lying to them and they would call me out on my BS.

I would be naive to think that voters were not looking at how diverse the DA in parliament.

Consider what is the one thing that Joe Biden has tried to with all of his cabinet appointments.

He has tried to have diverse representation.

The reason why he has done that is because it’s important to the voters and sends a message that he is inclusive and working for all.

I believe in unity, I believe that we are a great nation that can work together to be an example to the world.

I realize that vision requires hard work. It requires finishing discussions that were left suspended after the truth and reconciliation commission.

It takes work.

We have a challenge with social cohesion in our nation. It’s a very big challenge and unless we work on it we will not progress.

It takes more than sports and braais to fix our divisions. I am committed to doing that work.

It’s why I joined the DA. I thought they shared my view

John and Helen do not care about fixing the problems of this nation.

They care about the Western Cape and maintaining power there.

They have given up on the national project and are now going back to the historic voters of the party and abandoning the rest.

It’s obvious.

To conclude

I have some ideas that I believe will transform our democracy for the better.

Number 1 #DirectElections we need to make that a priority to give back power to the people.

The political party has become an institution for hubris and elitism. We need independent candidates.

Number 2 - we have to fix our education system.

We need a new minister of education #AngieMustGo #AngieMustRest.

Here is an article outlining my vision for fixing education in South Africa. Education and the economy are linked.

news24.com/news24/Columni…

Number 3 - we must get our economy going again. Right now we have a stagnant economy that is managed not for growth but to maintain the status quo.

That cannot continue.

Here are 20 garlic free ideas on how to fix our economy in reasonable time.

cutt.ly/slGIGGU

If you are interested in bold disruptive ideas. If you are tired of the same old, same old in our civics and democracy.

Then you need to consider the @OneSA_Movement. We have a big vision and are not afraid of working towards it with other visionary South Africans.

For more information you can also visit our website osa.org.za where you can read up more on the vision and how things are going.

I have moved on from failing political parties that do not want to be honest with the people.

I always say I have upgraded to #OneSA