Maimane says promise of 1994 a ‘dream deferred’, claims BOSA only party fit to continue legacy

JOHANNESBURG - Build One South Africa (BOSA) said the promise of 1994 became a dream deferred, as it claimed to be the only party currently fit to continue with that legacy.

Its leader, Mmusi Maimane, decried the current state of the country, telling supporters at the BOSA manifesto launch on Sunday that those who voted in the first democratic elections wanted to create a better life for their children.

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BOSA’s manifesto is centred around creating 2 million jobs over the next 5 years.

This also includes growing the economy, reforming education, building a capable state, and creating a safe environment for the new jobs.

Maimane said while he didn’t want to minimise some of the gains since the 1994 breakthrough, many were suffering under the democratic government.

"That dream and that hope have fast been deferred for too many people, life is becoming hard. More than half of our citizens are living below the poverty line, that promise of freedom is no longer there, that dream is now a nightmare, and now many of us are standing here today saying that we feel the party that we entrusted in 1994 is no longer the party of Nelson Mandela."