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Maimane: Hope is mushrooming – SA’s youth will vote for political change in 2024. ANC is done.

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Mmusi Maimane, former Leader of the Opposition and the founder of Build One SA, is ratcheting up his organisation’s Plan ahead of South Africa’s critical 2024 national election. This month BOSA unveiled an impressive first batch of candidates to fill positions it expects to be elected into in the National Parliament and Provincial governments - a well-qualified, highly motivated corps of young leaders. In this interview, Maimane explains why BOSA has not joined the Moonshot Pact and why he is confident young voters will turn out in their millions next year to eject the ANC from power. - Alec Hogg
24 Aug 2023 10AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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