Policy Proposals
It’s evident that we face many challenges as a country, spanning from local community service issues to national governance breakdowns. We have identified what we consider to be the 7 key priorities for South Africa. While they don’t encompass every issue, they tackle systemic problems that, if resolved, can have a far-reaching positive impact.
We believe that if these identified issues are not meaningfully addressed by 2035, the country could face a collapse, necessitating a recovery period that may extend for a minimum of 40 years. Our proposals under each of these priorities are rooted in our vision of a safe, just, and prosperous society, and our aspiration for South Africa to be a global symbol of courage and creativity. These proposals are also guided by our core values of accountability and recognizing contributions.
The list of priority areas us as follows:
01
War on crime
and looting
02
Social
Transformation
03
Effective and Efficient
Government
04
Education and Training
Reforms
05
Economic Reform
06
Digital Evolution
07
Additional sources of state
funding
For a detailed overview of these priorities and the corresponding proposals, please download the summary here. You can also download the one-pager summary document here
7 Key priorities
To grow prosperity for all, we need to provide economic opportunities. A growing economy requires reliable energy, functional infrastructure, among others.
What’s different with our proposals
- Energy Security
Currrent electricity crisis is not about renewable vs non-renewable sources of energy: it is simply corruption and poor governance. Long term the country needs a optimal mix of energy sources. While we have to be aiming for as much renewable sources as possible, that has to be at the the right unit cost while taking into consideration socio-economic impact of transition on society.
Energy has to be provided at the lowest cost possible. This requires that it is either produced by state, or by private sector at regulated prices.
- Energy Security
Currrent electricity crisis is not about renewable vs non-renewable sources of energy: it is simply corruption and poor governance. Long term the country needs a optimal mix of energy sources. While we have to be aiming for as much renewable sources as possible, that has to be at the the right unit cost while taking into consideration socio-economic impact of transition on society.
Energy has to be provided at the lowest cost possible. This requires that it is either produced by state, or by private sector at regulated prices.
- Limited role of state in the economy
While we believe in free market principle, we see state playing a role in high social impact areas where the market price is considered to high.
We see state for a period playing the following role:
- Long term sector plans (20yrs+)
- Reduced cost of compliance
- Ease of doing business, especially for SMEs, including labour laws and
- R1m taxable income threshold
- Long wage increase arrangements of stability e.g. 5% increase for years
- Economic Transformation
We still have to address the persistent inequalities. Transfromation progress has been slow and/or badly managed
BEE has not achieved desired results: all it did was enrich a few people with political connections. This legislation has to be scrapped, and replaced with Enterprise and Supplier . up of society i.e. all races. Employees should have notional stake in businesses they work for, which qualifies them for a share of dividends (e.g. 20%)
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We still have to address the persistent inequalities. Transfromation progress has been slow and/or badly managed
BEE has not achieved desired results: all it did was enrich a few people with political connections. This legislation has to be scrapped, and replaced with Enterprise and Supplier . up of society i.e. all races. Employees should have notional stake in businesses they work for, which qualifies them for a share of dividends (e.g. 20%)
