Makhosi Khoza, Lindiwe Mazibuko rally behind embattled De Lille

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA – JULY 14: African National Congress (ANC) MP Makhosi Khoza during an interview at a safe house on July 14, 2017 in Cape Town, South Africa.

Makhosi Khoza’s new party preparing to compete against the big names in 2019

Former ANC MP Makhosi Khoza has spent the last few weeks talking and listening, now big things are coming. Will you give Khoza’s party a chance?

Makhosi Khoza, Lindiwe Mazibuko rally behind embattled De Lille

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA – JULY 14: African National Congress (ANC) MP Makhosi Khoza during an interview at a safe house on July 14, 2017 in Cape Town, South Africa.

Many South Africans knew it was coming, they just weren’t sure when, how and what. Now, we don’t know all the details, but Makhosi Khoza has revealed a lot more about her new political venture.

“It’s new technically, but it’s also not new.”

The former ANC MP has confirmed that the coming weeks will see the official announcement and name reveal of her “new” political party. Speaking to News24, Dr Khoza revealed that the new party will be a merger between existing parties and former members of the ANC, DA and EFF.

Khoza has spent the last two months testing the ground to see if a new political venture would work.  It looks like the demand is there.

“I’m not establishing a new party. We are merging existing political parties that have contested elections at local government level,” she told News24.

“We want to create something that is new. We also have a number of former members of the DA, ANC and the EFF, and we are merging this thing together. It is new technically, but it’s also not new.”

Khoza is being backed by civil bodies and local parties in the North West and other councils. Other new members include unhappy Agang members and councillors who felt alienated by their party’s decision to align themselves with the ANC or DA. The former ANC MP said that many of these individuals have experience at both local and provincial level.

“All of them are realising we need to change the political landscape in South Africa.

“And in South Africa at the moment, there is a space that exists in between the ANC and the DA.”

So, what makes Khoza believe she can get her party off the ground in terms of winning votes?

The “small increases” in the DA and EFF’s voter base showed that South Africans are looking for an alternative.

Khoza also hit out at ideological politics, saying politicians need to focus on what issues people are experiencing. She says people want more than just slogans about “receiving land”.

“We can’t, as a party, come up with an ideology to ‘nationalise banks’, for instance. We are going to be driven more by what citizens want.”

We will hear the name of this new party once it’s been officially registered with the IEC. Will you give Makhosi Khoza a chance with your vote?