Mkhuseli ‘Khusta’ Jack will campaign for the role of mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay metro.
From the frontlines of the apartheid struggle to Save SA, the organisation that actively campaigned for the removal of former president Jacob Zuma, Mkhuseli “Khusta” Jack is back – and he is angry.
Everything about Jack’s AIM has a feel of revolution about it, from the busy party headquarters in the basement of 33 Chapel Street to the energy of the party workers coming and going – but always delighted to get a smile and a high five from the party’s founder and mayoral candidate. Born on 31 May 1958 on the Mosskraal Farm in Humansdorp, Jack was denied entrance to school, so he organised protests demanding education. His protest eventually gained him access to school in then Port Elizabeth, but his continued anti-apartheid activism for education rights led to several arrests. He was part of the South African Students Movement and the Black Consciousness Movement in the 1970s.
If he becomes mayor he will be able to use his skills and experience as an activist and from working in the private sector. “We want to make sure that we consistently apply rules, regulations, processes, and all those things that must be done. If you start to deviate from the rules the game is over.” He says the basic skills needed for a ward councillor are to be able to read and write, but most importantly they need to listen to residents and bring their issues to the council – and then go back to residents to give feedback. And then, if nothing happens, go back to council and say: “My people are still waiting. What is going on?”
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