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#RISEMzansi is an inclusive, people driven political movement. We are here to build a prosperous ZA🇿🇦 We, the People, Shall Govern! #WeNeedNewLeaders
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[WATCH🎥] Mzansi, it’s time for new leaders.
Over the past year, we have listened and engaged with you and you expressed your hunger for new leaders.
Leaders, who were accountable, accessible, ethical, and clean.
Those leaders are found at RISE Mzansi and have a vision to
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RISE Mzansi calls on more South Africans to come forward with their incidents involving the SAPS VIP Unit.
#2024isour1994
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South Africans want clear solutions to the problems oppressing them. These are crime, lawlessness, the high cost of living, unemployment, corruption, loadshedding and many others. They are right to demand this, and
#RISEMzansi
will respond with solutions that are easy to
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"Real political change happens ONLY when millions of ordinary people choose to get involved in political organising within their own circles, and to show up when a public show of force is needed."
Read this week's full RISE on Monday on our website 👇🏿
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One of the questions we get asked very often is “how are you different?” It’s a very simple question but it often leads to a very long conversation, which is a challenge when someone is looking for a short answer.
“To RISE Mzansi, the personal is very political”, I usually
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The moment has arrived
#RISEMzansi
National Leader Songezo Zibi is on stage to deliver his keynote address
#RISEPeoplesConvention
#2024IsOur1994
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On Thursday, members of the National Leadership Collective (NLC) were at Bara Taxi Rank where they listened to and spoke with commuters.
RISE Mzansi National Leader,
@SongezoZibi
, shares his reflections of the day.
#RISEMzansi
#2024IsOur1994
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Last year, hundreds of South Africans met to discuss the country that they wanted to build.
Today, we RISE!
We RISE for the SA that we deserve.
WE RISE as a people driven political alternative.
We RISE to create a new inclusive politics to contest for political power in 2024.
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"To those who say South Africa is broken beyond repair, we say: you are wrong. This beautiful land belongs to all of us, and it’s worth fighting for."
@SongezoZibi
- National Leader
Read the full speech below 👇🏿
#RISEMzansi
#2024isour1994
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Thank you, RISERS, for choosing the movement with a commitment to transform South Africa and build a safe, equal, and united South Africa.
We are reclaiming our political freedom.
#ForThePeopleByThePeople
#RISEPeoplesManifesto
#2024IsOur1994
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[MEDIA STATEMENT] An Open Letter to DA Leader, John Steenhuisen: No amount of swart gevaar or fear mongering tactics will deter RISE Mzansi from campaigning in the Western Cape, where the DA has failed Black and Coloured people for 15 years
Open Letter by
@AxolileNotywala
, RISE
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What inspired you to be part of RISE Mzansi?
Hear from
@SongezoZibi
,
@faeezalok
, and
@Cilna
about how RISE Mzansi is all about working together to shape a South Africa that is representative of the very communities and people that make it the most amazing country in the world!
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The people shall indeed govern. We are going live shortly at the
#RISEPeoplesManifesto
#2024IsOur1994
#ForThePeopleByThePeople
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174 days ago we unveiled
#RISEMzansi
as a political party that intends on contesting the 2024 national and provincial elections, as an alternative to the political establishment that has run out of ideas and is without a vision to build the South Africa we all deserve
Today we
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Join us as we wish the National Leader of RISE Mzansi,
@SongezoZibi
, a very happy birthday today.
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We told South Africa we would meet for three days and co-create.
We delivered on that commitment.
Read the Peoples declaration below.
#RISEPeoplesConvention
#2024IsOur1994
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[📩OPEN LETTER] RISE Mzansi's Gauteng Premier Candidate, Vuyiswa Ramokgopa, challenges the DA, EFF, and Action SA to a public debate. The current Gauteng Premier, Panyaza Lesufi, is out of ideas, as all he does is lie to the residents of the province.
"What we can all agree on
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[MEDIA STATEMENT] RISE Mzansi has the greenlight to appear on the National and 9 Provincial ballots- Statement by Deputy National Chairperson Cilna Steyn.
#WeNeedNewLeaders
#VoteRISEMzansi
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[MEDIA STATEMENT]: Political change and deepening democratic participation require significant resources
- Statement by Makashule Gana, RISE Mzansi Chief Organiser.
#WeNeedNewLeaders
#RegisterToVoteRISEMzansi
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[MEDIA ALERT] RISE Mzansi Leader Zibi (
@SongezoZibi
) to campaign in Western Cape and outline plans to tackle crime
Media Alert by RISE Mzansi by Western Cape
#WeNeedNewLeaders
#VoteRISEMzansi
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Good morning members of the media, Stakeholders, RISE family and friends, and most importantly good morning to the people of Mzansi. As introduced, my name is Vuyiswa Ramokgopa, National Chairperson of Rise Mzansi.
@VieArem
- National Chairperson
#RiseMzansi
#2024isour1994
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RISE Mzansi’s Statement on the order by the International Court of Justice.
#ForThePeopleByThePeople
#2024IsOur1994
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#RISEMzansi
is a registered political party ready to contest elections in 2024.
We are mobilising the people to take up their role as active citizens who will build the South Africa we all deserve.
Read the people's commitments to South Africa at our recent
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💵 Our government is running out of money, and the consequences are dire. Money has been stolen and wasted. The unemployment crisis is growing while the economy is not.
The pain of corruption runs deep, and nobody is taking accountability. But there’s still hope in our
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Celebrating one year of RISE Mzansi
A year of listening;
A year of collaborating;
A year of learning;
A year of celebrating;
A year of serving;
A year of organising;
One year of showcasing our new leaders!
We wouldn't have done it without the incredible work of our supporters
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President Cyril Ramaphosa’s “peace mission” to Ukraine and Russia was an unmitigated disaster that will yield nothing. It was pricey, disorganised and an ill-informed public relations exercise that will yield nothing for South Africa and its 60-million people. -
#RISEMzansi
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RISE Mzansi enlists top minds to serve on its Independent Candidate Selection Nominations Committee
Statement by Songezo Zibi
#RISEMzansi
National Leader
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RISE Mzansi’s message that
#2024IsOur1994
has reawakened the hope and belief that the dream of building a safe, prosperous, equal, and united South Africa in one generation is possible.
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Congratulations to the Matric Class of 2023. This is the highest pass rate since 1995.
Halala!
#MatricResults2023
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[Statement] Mark Heywood joins RISE Mzansi’s National Campaign Team - Statement by RISE Mzansi National Chairperson
@VuyiswaRamokgop
#WeNeedNewLeaders
#VuyiswaForGPPremier
#VoteRISEMzansi
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WATCH🎥: RISE Mzansi has a team of new, capable, and caring leaders who are fresh in politics and have deep experience in community building, in business, in faith-based institutions, in the media, in activism and in so many other sectors across South Africa.
This is our call
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Join us on the 13th July at the Southern Sun, Johannesburg for our policy gathering.
The theme for this month is Nation-building and the Social Democratic Proposition and we want to hear your thoughts so we can create a People's Manifesto by September 2023.
Click the link to
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📣 MEDIA ALERT 📣
Next Wednesday, April 19th, 2023, RISE Mzansi will officially announce itself as a people-driven political alternative to the failed political establishment ahead of the 2024 National and Provincial Elections.
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🎥South Africans are suffering from a cost of living crisis because of a government that cannot provide basic services efficiently as instructed by the constitution.- Statement by
#RiseMzansi
National Leader
@SongezoZibi
Read the full statement
#CPI
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“Politics is about imagining the good life for each individual in a society and for that society as a whole,” Dr Sithembile Mbete, Head of programmes at Futurelect
@sthembete
We are lives
#RISEPeoplesConvention
#ForThePeopleByThePeople
#2024IsOur1994
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[MEDIA STATEMENT] RISE Mzansi endorses
#Week4Palestine
as a
commitment to uphold human rights and international law - by RISE Mzansi’s National Leader,
@SongezoZibi
#WeNeedNewLeaders
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“Each one of us, within 20 years, must have solar panels on our roof so that we can get electricity for free.”
#RISEMzansi
National Leader, Songezo Zibi, giving his speech at the
#RISEPeoplesManifesto
.
#2024IsOur1994
#ForThePeopleByThePeople
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#SONA24
A wasted SONA to cap 6 wasted years: The “Tintswalo” generation needs new leaders-Statement by RISE Mzansi Leader, Songezo Zibi
#WeNeedNewLeaders
#RegisterToVoteRISEMzansi
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On May 29, 2024, South Africans will elect new leaders.
Nobody is coming to save us, RISE Mzansi.
#WeNeedNewLeaders
#VoteRISEMzansi
#ForThePeopleByThePeople
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"To those who say South Africa is broken beyond repair, we say: you are wrong. This beautiful land belongs to all of us, and it’s worth fighting for."
Songezo Zibi's powerful speech at our official launch reminds us that this land belongs to all of us, and it's worth fighting
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It's registration weekend! RISE Mzansi is in Rosebank today, encouraging South Africans to register to vote ✊🏾
#2024IsOur1994
#RegisterToVoteRISEMzansi
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Happy new year South Africa.
2024 is indeed our 1994.
This year we make our mark✊🏾
#RISEMzansi
#2024IsOur1994
#NewYear
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"One of the mistakes we made in 1994 was to centre the political party as the sole change agent of society; we did not build a democratic culture; the people are not governing.”
-
#RISEMzansi
National Leader
@SongezoZibi
, responding to the annual
#AhmedKathrada
lecture this
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RISE Mzansi welcomes Gugu Ndima as the National Spokesperson, effective as of today, 29 April 2024.
Gugu, who is an experienced political communicator, will work closely with the RISE Mzansi National Leadership Collective on political matters, and with the National
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'Illiberal, divisive DA will never reach the black voters' - Rise Mzansi's Zibi
Read below
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We are gathered here today at a festival of solutions with leaders who are organising in our communities. With new leaders and with new answers."
#RISEMzansi
National Leadership Collective member, Irfaan Mangera at the
#RISEPeoplesManifesto
#2024isOur1994
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Eusebius was a brilliant broadcaster, author, essayist and political analyst, and used his intellect to help us understand the state of our nation and the world. Often, he forced us to reckon with deeply uncomfortable political, ethical and social questions, holding up a mirror
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🎉Congratulations,
@Makashule
, Chief Organiser of RISE Mzansi, on successfully completing your 4th Comrades Marathon with an impressive finishing time of 8:55:11!
#ComradesMarathon2023
#2024IsOur1994
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On Friday 24 November 2023
#RISEMzansi
National Leader, Songezo Zibi will join
@JJTabane
in Sandton for a dialogue on the future of South Africa ahead of 2024 National Elections and beyond.
We need new leaders and new answers.
You are invited
#RISEMzansi
#2024IsOur1994
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#RISEMzansi
takes this moment to wish South Africans a peaceful, restful and joyous Festive Season, following what has been another eventful year full of the ebbs and flows that characterise being a citizen of our almost 30-year-old democratic nation.
RISE Mzansi wishes every
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Many have asked what RISE Mzansi’s position is on various domestic and foreign policy issues.
Read more below and sign up for our Policy Events by clicking the link below 👇🏿
Find our Key Reform Priorities below 👇🏿
Find,
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[WATCH] Part 1 - RISE Mzansi Leader,
@SongezoZibi
, was on KykNet discussing coalitions and the 2024 election.
#2024IsOur1994
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#RISEMzansi
will contest elections in 2024, and we are looking for passionate, capable, and qualified individuals to represent South Africans in Parliament and provincial legislatures.
Our candidate nomination and application process begins today. To nominate or apply to be a
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Splitting South African politics into two paths, the ANC and EFF, and the multiparty charter is not the only option we have to shape the country’s future.
There is a third way.
Watch
#RISEMzansi
National Leader, Songezo Zibi, unpack
#The3rdWay
on Frank Dialogue.
Click here:
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2024 is a chance for us to reset and reshape our country. We are on a mission to build the South Africa we deserve in one generation.
Watch
#RISEMzansi
National Leader, Songezo Zibi live on EWN.
#2024IsOur1994
#RegisterToVoteRISEMzansi
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In 1994 we hoped for a South Africa we deserve.
In 2024, let’s do more than hope- let’s make it happen
#2024isour1994
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“We live in a democracy where the idea of freedom has never crossed the barrier of promise. But now, the RISING tide of change is upon us”.
#RISEMzansi
National Leadership Collective member, Irfaan Mangera at the
#RISEPeoplesManifesto
#2024isOur1994
#ForThePeopleByThePeople
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#RISEMzansi
has merged with the youth-led political party, MOVE. (
@Move_Za23
)
The time to unite is now.
Watch the media briefing that took place earlier today here:
#RegisterToVoteRISEMzansi
#2024IsOur1994
@david_kabwa
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Isn't it time for us to join hands and be a part of a collective movement that's dedicated to positive change, and make a difference in our society?
RISE Mzansi is an Inclusive Political Movement where new ideas meet a true generational mix.
We believe in leveraging talents and
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It is a story that all of us must care about because we want to be one people united by the same values and sharing a dream of the South Africa, we all deserve.
@SongezoZibi
- National Leader
#RiseMzansi
#2024isour1994
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🎥 WATCH: RISE Mzansi National Leader,
@SongezoZibi
addressing community members in
#Seshego
Limpopo this afternoon.
“Even though we have a democratic government, we must be awake and think about whether this government is killing us differently. The apartheid government used
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Our public representative process is open to the
#RISEMzansi
community and the public until December 15.
South Africa needs members of parliament and provincial legislatures who can be trusted, are capable, and have the vision to build a South Africa where service delivery is
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“The question we should ask the ANC is why the country should retain the biggest criminal syndicate it has ever seen,” RISE Mzansi’s National Leader,
@SongezoZibi
on
@News24
’s Leaders Debate.
He says the ANC must go!
Its live here:
#WeNeedNewLeaders
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The message is clear, 2024 is indeed our 1994. The journey of building the South Africa we deserve has started. Join the movement.
Click here to get involved:
#2024IsOur1994
#ForThePeopleByThePeople
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“We cannot grow the economy when people don’t feel safe enough to start businesses in their communities.”
#RISEMzansi
National Leader, Songezo Zibi giving his speech at the
#RISEPeoplesManifesto
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“We have no one left who can make moral decisions, who can distinguish between right and wrong.
It’s time to get that morality back and rejuvenate our democracy.” -
@SongezoZibi
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[WATCH 🎥] RISE Mzansi’s official campaign song has officially launched!
‘Khanyisa’
Music & Lyrics by: Bonga Kwana & Aron Halevi.
#WeNeedNewLeaders
#VoteRISEMzansi
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RISE Mzansi’s National Leader, Songezo Zibi announces the RISE Mzansi Gauteng Premier Candidate.
Watch below 👇🏾
#WeNeedNewLeaders
#VuyiswaforGPPremier
#RegisterToVoteRISEMzansi
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This is YOUR manifesto. Please read it carefully, and discuss it widely. If we do even half of the things proposed in it, our society will be better for it.
To read the full RISE on Monday, click the link:
#SongezoZibi
#RISEPeoplesManifesto
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Relive
@SongezoZibi
's powerful speech from our Official Announcement where he reflects on the moments that have led him to RISE for SA.
He encourages all South Africans to unify our nation, because those who say that South Africa is broken are wrong.
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Congratulations to
@RiseMzansiYouth
for securing its first SRC win.
Read the full statement by the Youth and Student Chapters Convenor,
@Lawrence_Manaka
here:
#WeNeedNewLeaders
#VoteRISEMzansi
#RISEMzansiYouth
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Cadre deployment has denied this country the capable, competent, and qualified public representatives it needs. We can change that. Nominate the best candidates today, or apply as yourself to represent the people of South Africa and your community in Parliament or in provincial
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RISE Mzansi is saddened to hear about the passing of veteran journalist and household name, Derek Watts. We express our sincere condolences and thank Mr. Watts for his years of service as an investigative reporter in our young democracy.
#DerekWatts
#RestInPeace
#2024IsOur1999
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Watch
#RISEMzansi
National Chairperson reflecting on the leaps and bounds made in the last 9 months to get to where we are.
You can join us on live stream on our Facebook and YouTube channels.
#RISEPeoplesManifesto
#ForThePeopleByThePeople
#2024isOur1994
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#RISEMzansi
observes International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People - Statement by Irfaan Mangera, member of the National Leadership collective.
#2024IsOur1994
#ForThePeopleByThePeople
@CheMangera
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WATCH: "The two areas of focus to unlock the most serious impediments to the economy that are in our manifesto, focus on fixing Eskom and Transnet and how to make sure we mobilise the capital that those institutions need," -RISE Mzansi's National Leader,
#SongezoZibi
on the
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Good evening Mzansi!
We're coming to you live from Khayelitsha. National Leadership Collective Members are in the house to hear from the community.
This is part of the process of crafting the People’s Manifesto.
#RISEMzansi
#RISECapeTown
#2024IsOur1994
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At RISE Mzansi we believe that the most important first step is to decide whether we are merely going to respond to existing, old political currents or chart a new path for a better future. It is this option that over 20 000 new people choose every week when they join our
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[WATCH 🎥] For too long, we have been failed by the poor leadership of the tired, old parties that have occupied the parliamentary benches for too long.
For too long, we have wasted our votes on the establishment parties and their breakaways, all with their empty promises and
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#RISEMzansi
National Leader Songezo Zibi in Tshwane today putting up posters ahead of the
#RISEPeoplesManifesto
.
More details on the People’s Manifesto launch coming soon.
#2024IsOur1994
#ForThePeopleByThePeople
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Top political minds to choose Rise Mzansi's MPs
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On Wednesday, April 19, 2023, we're taking a stand and announcing a modern, people-centred Political Alternative. Follow us and tune into our live stream to see how you can make a difference.
Together, let's RISE up for Mzansi and build the South Africa we all deserve. 🇿🇦
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Congratulations to Jamal Tsotetsi who is part of the
#RISEMzansi
political research team for being recognised as one of the 100 South African Shinning Stars under Politics and Governance by Inside Education.
Young people are building RISE Mzansi.
Well done leader.
#RISEMzansi
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Statement by
#RISEMzansi
National Leader,
@SongezoZibi
: “RISE Mzansi has on Tuesday morning written to the Acting Public Protector, Adv. Kholeka Gcaleka, to investigate breaches of the Executive Members’ Ethics Act by Deputy President Paul Mashatile.”
Read the full statement
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#RISEMzansi
stands out as the fastest-growing political party in South Africa today.
As the festive season approaches, a number of us will be heading home to be with our families.
During this festive period, we urge those travelling home to carry the message of hope with them.
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One in four South Africans live on a spectrum of severe food vulnerability, 10,000 children die in our country each year due to severe acute malnutrition, and out of 21 million children, nine million are hungry right now and half of all south Africans will be food-insecure by
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Congratulations to Rise’s
@Makashule
for graduating with a Bachelor of Commerce Honours in Economics from UNISA!
This and his BSc in Mathematics and Computer Sciences; BA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics; and a Postgrad in Management show how hard work can pay off!
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At the
#RISEPeoplesConvention
, we discussed each of our 6 pillars in-depth. The Climate Crisis and the Environment breakaway was facilitated by chartered accountant, academic, activist, radio broadcaster, and financial writer - Khaya S Sithole (
@CoruscaKhaya
).
We deserve a
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#RISEMzansi
is happy to announce that Deputy National Chairperson, Cilna Steyn (
@Cilna
), will lead a delegation to the IEC's headquarters on Tuesday to collect the movement’s certificate of registration as a political party.
In September, the IEC confirmed that
#RISEMzansi
can
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[MEDIA STATEMENT] RISE Mzansi is more than ready to be on all ballots with more than 100,000 signatures - Statement by Head of Internal Democracy, Boitumelo Mpakanyane
#VoteRISEMzansi
#WeNeedNewLeaders
#2024IsOur1994
#SAelections24
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The call to RISE is reaching all corners of South Africa.
To read more about
#RISEMzansi
, read our recent People’s Declaration and become a member, click here 👉🏾
#RISEMzansi
#2024isour1994
#ForThePeopleByThePeople
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RISE Mzansi's Provincial Convenors continue to lead campaigns in all nine provinces ahead of the elections.
Premier Candidates will be announced as the campaign progresses.
This collective has chosen to RISE and build the South Africa we deserve.
To RISE with us, click the
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Ndza khensa, Members of the Media, and Fellow South Africans.
@Makashule
- Chief Organiser
#RiseMzansi
#2024IsOur1994
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Our work as
#RISEMzansi
is to elect ethical and skilled leaders.
New answers need new leaders.
#RISEPeoplesManifesto
#ForThePeopleByThePeople
#2024IsOur1994
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We are at Election House in Centurion to collect the
#RISEMzansi
registration certificate.
We are ready!
#2024IsOur1994
#ForThePeopleByThePeople
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We need new leadership to infuse a sense of national purpose founded on the idea that the democracy belongs to all of us. We need to build a society based on the constitutional and social democratic values of Freedom, Equality, Justice, Solidarity, and Integrity.
Watch the
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As we usher in a new year, watch
#RISEMzansi
National Leader, Songezo Zibi (
@SongezoZibi
), reflect on how far we have come as a country since 1994, as well as what we need to collectively do to ensure that we do not lose these gains in 2024.
#HappyNewYear
#RISEMzansi
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1994 was a time of promise and hope. But that hope has been shattered by corrupt and self-serving leaders.
Over the weekend, RISE Mzansi hosted the
#RISEPeoplesConvention
. We discussed how we could achieve the South Africa we were promised and developed the People's Declaration.
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