Rise Mzansi aims to put brakes on blue light brigades

Basic income (grants) and social policy

• Substance abuse policy is a focus;


• Mental health is an imperative;


• Sanitation infrastructure; low-cost internet in every community;


• A combination of government income grants and food discount vouchers.

• Leave-no-one-behind policy in which coal use decreases steadily;


• A balanced, green energy mix;


• Tax deductions for rooftop solar;


• Fully electrify the transport system.

• Full audit of senior leadership of South African Police Service;


• Intelligence-based policing;


• Community involvement in crime intelligence gathering;


• Reduce how long it takes to prosecute corruption cases.

• Double the size of the economy every 12 years – target 6% GDP growth per annum;


• Stakeholder capitalism model of business, trade unions and civic groups;


• Private investment in public assets;


• Support black people and women in business;


• Ease skilled migration and business travel to support green industries, tourism, the creative economy, cannabis and hemp, and advanced manufacturing.

• Develop a road map: Bilingual education with at least one African language;


• Scale the National Youth Service;


• Improve the quality of teaching, especially in science, tech, engineering and maths.

• The family is the social unit of care, and food is the fulcrum policy for Rise.

• Create a capable state of professionals;


• Cut the size of Cabinet;


• Appoint heads of SAPS, NPA, SARS and others on merit through public interviews;


• Simplify and make transparent public procurement processes;


• Ban blue light brigades;


• Place dysfunctional municipalities under administration.

• Make it human rights-centred as a moral example – a South African source of soft power;


• Support global governance reforms;


• Focus on economic diplomacy, advance Africa’s development.

• Establish a primary health and wellness facility within a 15-minute ride of every home;


• Expand public healthcare with new facilities and healthcare workers – funded through savings from ending procurement corruption;


• Reform the existing health system.

• Support anchor industries to grow jobs – mining, agriculture, financial services, tourism, manufacturing and services;


• Set up skills training for one million people without matric within five years.

• Focus on urban land ownership and distribution because most people live in cities.

• Change the Eskom board, review all contracts, fire corrupt officials and reform procurement;


• Develop local solar production and installation by tapping international climate change transition finance;


• (See climate change).

• Dramatically reduce irregular immigration;


• Stop illegal migration at the source country;


• Reduce the pull factor of irregular immigration by enforcement of employers;


• Fix asylum  – a de facto permit for economic migrants;


• Ease skilled migration.

• Private healthcare facilities, which generally benefit those with medical aid, are insufficient in number and capacity to provide effective healthcare for everyone, even with an instrument like the NHI.

• Allow only professionals to serve at senior management levels;


• This is a cornerstone Rise policy, and it is detailed.

• Rise will get about 7% of the vote, according to its own polling;


• This is a manifesto for the 2029 election;


• If Zibi takes a score of MPs into the next Parliament, it will shake things up substantially.

• Having a strong, considered focus on people with disabilities;


• Reshaping the idea of nonracialism to focus on spatial and economic injustices.