GOOD Party manifesto set to tackle youth unemployment

GOOD party founder and Minister of Tourism Patricia de Lille says they will host their election manifesto for this year’s general elections on 16 March online via selected digital platforms.

De Lille says the GOOD party’s manifesto will tackle South Africa’s triple crisis: slow economic growth, poverty, and the surge in unemployment, especially youth unemployment.

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GOOD: ONE OF TWO PARTIES TO WIN SEATS IN 2019 ELECTIONS

“Despite a late start, GOOD was one of the two parties that contested the 2019 elections to get enough support to win two seats in the National Assembly (Parliament) and enter the Western Cape provincial legislature. We have continued to show significant growth in members and supporters, as is evident in the various by-election outcomes,” she said, according to the Independent Online.

De Lille says during the 2021 local government elections, GOOD contested 40 municipalities, which led to the appointment of 51 councillors of the party in four provinces. She said the party’s sole purpose in these elections is to serve the citizens of this country and fight for social justice.

GOOD PARTY TO FIGHT FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE

“With this success comes responsibility, and we must always remember what drove us to form GOOD: to serve the people of SA. The problems that our new democracy inherited in 1994 were vast and complex, and we must not underestimate the difficulty of transformation. We have unfinished business, and GOOD is stepping forward to serve,” she said.

“GOOD is stepping forward and will participate in elections to fight for social justice, spatial justice, economic justice, and environmental justice,” she added.

EFF AND ANC LAUNCH MANIFESTOS IN DURBAN

Other political parties that have launched their election manifestos include the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), which hosted its manifesto earlier this month, followed by the ANC on Saturday at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban.

News kids on the block, Rise Mzansi and Change Start Now have also recently launched their manifestos which addressed the critical challenges of unemployment, poverty, crime, and inequality.