Four things to know about ADeC, Makhosi Khoza’s new party

Former ANC MP Makhosi Khoza announced last week that she would start her own politically party, African Democratic Change (ADeC), for disillusioned voters of the ANC.

After several political parties have hit the scene in the past, the idea of a new political party may sound tiresome to many, but Khoza promises a few things about her party that set it apart from the others.

Here is what we know so far about the party:

1. Future plans

The party plans to have its first policy conference in 2018, but only plans to have its elective conference after the national election in 2019. Khoza hopes to do this by the time the party has established itself, its branches and following.

2. The party’s core philosophy

The party wants to centre Ubuntu as its core philosophy. “It’s about morale and an ethical society,” Khoza is quoted as saying by The Sunday Independent, speaking at Liliesleaf Farm in Rivonia in the north of Johannesburg on Saturday.

“I don’t know of any other party that has ever unpacked the philosophy of Ubuntu,” she said.

3. It’s not the ANC, but not quite like the DA either, and it’s definitely not communist

ADeC is not the ANC because it’s “not bought cake”, Khoza says.

It’s not quite like the EFF either, because communism “has been tried in many countries and has failed over and over again”.

She says the party is different from the DA’s model of capitalism, which Khoza says “leaves everything to the market”.

4. It hopes to target unemployment

Khoza says the party is mindful of unemployment, identifies it as the biggest challenge, and that is what makes them “different”.