My concern with Rise Mzansi and the many emerging political parties is the lack of creativity in their synthesis of the solutions to the country’s problems. Everyone seems to believe that the only way to change SA is to run for office.
‘Nearly three decades into democracy, millions of South Africans are not yet free. The gains that we have made since 1994 are being reversed at an alarming rate.’ So says Rise Mzansi on its website.
The Rivonia Circle, which was launched earlier this year as an unorthodox think tank to fill a vacuum where people had become generally divorced from political activity, is launching a political movement to contest the 2024 national elections.
Following the Youth Day Parade organised by Ahmed Kathrada Foundation Youth Program, The Daily Vox hosted a Twitter Space on June 30 to unpack the parade and understand where to next?