A vote for the DA is a vote for a stable multi-party government that can rescue South Africa.
If you vote for the DA to help the Multi-Party Charter succeed, you will get a new government with
a clear vision to rescue South Africa. Instead of endless commissions, talk shops and summits, you
will get a new government that gets things done. The DA has already demonstrated that where we
govern in places like the Western Cape, uMngeni, Cape Town, Tshwane and Midvaal, we have the
ability to turn our pledges into concrete actions that deliver for all.
In 2024, we can do the same across South Africa to rescue this beautiful country before it is too late.
As the anchor tenant in a new Multi-Party Charter national government, the DA’s Apex Priorities
during the 2024-2029 term will be to:
1. create two million new jobs;
2. end load-shedding and water shedding;
3. halve the rate of violent crime – including murder, attempted murder and gender-based violence;
4. abolish cadre deployment in favour of merit-based appointments and a capable state that
delivers for all;
5. lift six million people out of poverty;
6. triple the number of grade four learners who can read for meaning; and
7. ensure quality healthcare for all, irrespective of economic status.
Achieving these Apex Priorities will guide everything the DA does in government. The rest of this
manifesto outlines how we will do it. Given the extent to which the ANC has destroyed the capacity
of the state and economy, achieving these goals will not be easy. But they are the only goals worth
pursuing if we are to rescue South Africa.
The choice before voters has never been clearer, or more urgent. South Africa will be plunged into
even greater hardship if you sit back and allow an ANC-EFF coalition of corruption to come to power.
But if you come out on Election Day and place your cross next to the DA, you can help elect a new
government to rescue South Africa.
If you want to help the Multi-Party Charter to win, vote DA.
If you want to prevent an ANC-EFF coalition of corruption, vote DA.
If you want a stable government with a big, effective, and experienced anchor tenant, vote DA.
If you want a government with a concrete plan to rescue South Africa, vote DA.
In this election, the stakes are too high to
stay home.
John Steenhuisen
Federal Leader of the Democratic Alliance
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