New kid on the political block hopes to woo Alex voters
We not seeking partnerships from people that want to capture us but those with genuine intentions to revitalise this country, says Arise SA founding president Mpho Dagada.
New kid on the political block, Arise South Africa is set to woo potential followers when its leadership descends on the country’s oldest township that silently turned 111 years old on May 22.
Founding president of Arise SA Mpho Dagada, whose main focus – though not limited to – is the desolate state of the youth in the country, said his new party was destined to woo potential supporters on Youth Day on June 16.
“We shall be coming to Alexandra to set up and launch a branch, as we have done in many parts of the country and provinces and others that we’re still yet to establish our footprint.
“Our main concerns and focus will be on the messages of hope that we want to give our people, that there is light at the end of the tunnel and that they should not sit back and be content with mediocre service delivery and endless false promises from the current governing party, especially concerns of the growing hopelessness of the youth and all the people of our country.
“We’re paying special attention to the youth as they are the future leaders of this country and as Arise SA, we believe if we can fix the issues that afflict our youth today, we will have fixed the nation and able to produce a new crop of ethical leaders that have the welfare of the people at heart,” Dagada told Alex News in a telephonic interview.
Dagada, himself a former ANC member in Limpopo, said South Africans are fed up with corruption, rampant lawlessness and crime, the lime and grime in our communities, load-shedding and the sewer spillages that flow in our streets and into our rivers, resulting in the latest outbreak of cholera.
“The biggest issue with current leaders is their lack of willingness to work and get their hands dirty in their service of the people and the mission of Arise SA to turn things around for the better and restore hope where there is hopelessness,” Dagada said.
Dagada said all that ‘we want is for this country to turn the corner from a dysfunctional state to an efficient and functioning economy that benefits all, with special emphasis on the small businesses that must form the engine of this economy’.
Dagada appealed to like-minded business people and the corporate world and NPO or NGO sector to come forward and join forces with Arise SA. “We not seeking partnerships from people that want to capture us but those that want to revitalise this country and return it to its former economic glory.”
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