Former Joburg Mayor and DA member Herman Mashaba plans to launch a political party in August.
Mashaba said the exact launch date for the party were not set due to the Covid-19 pandemic, but the party plans to launch and context next year's local government elections.
Mashaba said his engagements with citizens on various topics of interest had produced over 125 000 submissions. The submissions deal with overhauling issues on education, corruption and service delivery. "People often ask me, how is this new party going to be different from the parties that have come before us like Agang? I can share that we will not be contesting all municipalities in South Africa. This is the mistake that many new political parties make. They have contested all 278 municipalities, as new parties with only months to prepare for elections, with the unambitious outcome of gaining a Councillor here and there. This is why they have failed.
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