DA's Role in the Government of National Unity

Jul 1, 2024

DA's Role in the Government of National Unity

Key Points

  • DA has taken several key portfolios in the cabinet:

    • Agriculture
    • Basic Education
    • Public Works and Infrastructure
    • Forestry, Fisheries, and Environment
    • Home Affairs
    • Communications and Digital Technologies

  • Deputy Minister positions in:

    • Finance
    • Trade, Industry, and Competition
    • Higher Education
    • Energy and Electricity
    • Water and Sanitation
    • Small Business Development

Strategic Objectives

  • Securing meaningful influence in government
  • Delivering on the election pledge to rescue South Africa

Key Focus Areas

  • Economics Cluster:
    • Use influence to pursue growth and job creation
  • Governance:
    • Improve service delivery
    • Reform Home Affairs
    • Enhance quality of education
  • Critical Services:
    • Improve communication
    • Water and sanitation
    • Energy and electricity

Philosophy

  • DA is not in it for positions but for substantive influence
  • Acceptance of mechanisms for cabinet management, deadlock breaking, and investigation of suspicious tenders
  • Goal to avoid politicization of senior civil service appointments

Gratitude and Responsibility

  • Acknowledgement of the negotiating team
  • Emphasis on the responsibility to serve the people of South Africa

Challenges

  • South Africa faces multiple challenges:
    • High unemployment rates
    • High crime rates
    • Declining infrastructure
    • Endemic corruption
  • Urgent need for economic growth and job creation, ending the energy crisis, combating corruption, and improving education and services

Call to Action

  • Appeal to citizens for collaboration:
    • Businesspersons, civil society activists, union leaders, neighborhood watch members, citizens with skills or time
  • Emphasis on working together for sustainable progress

Conclusion

  • Collaboration between government and the people is crucial
  • Reflecting on unity: "If you want to go far, go together"
  • Call for collective effort to rescue South Africa

Thank You Note

  • Expression of gratitude
  • Blessing for South Africa