Working to build One Nation with One Future built on Freedom, Fairness and Opportunity for All. Do you want to live in a free and fair South Africa with access to opportunities for all? A more equal South Africa where the barriers of the past have once and for all been removed? A country where people are safe from crime? A country that is dynamic and vibrant with a growing economy creating million
s of jobs? Then become part of and join our movement to build One Nation with One Future. Freedom is the hard-won right of all South Africans. Everyone has the right to express their freedom, mindful that their choices come with responsibilities towards others. This includes the freedom to earn a living and accumulate wealth, live where we want, love who we want, say what we believe, develop our talents and pursue our dreams. Freedom is the engine of progress that will drive South Africa forward. It inspires our people to be innovative and allows the entrepreneurial spirit to thrive. In an environment of maximum freedom, everyone is empowered to participate in a growing economy and live a dignified life. People cannot be free without a respectable standard of living, which requires access to education, healthcare and quality basic services. Government must free people from the chains of poverty and the oppression of crime, giving meaning to the Bill of Rights. What is Fairness?A fair society is one in which our achievements should be the result of our hard work and efforts, not our birth. Fairness requires equal and plentiful opportunities, and the means to make the most of them. Equal and fair justice acknowledges the legacy of Apartheid and is committed to redress. Fairness cannot be said to exist in a society burdened by large-scale inequality.All South Africans deserve a level playing field where opportunities are not concentrated in the hands of the few. A fair society is characterised by openness and an empowering abundance of opportunities, coupled with quality education, jobs, security and affordable healthcare. A fair society cannot exist without a capable, service-oriented and clean government. Individuals are free to flourish as fairness rejects unfair discrimination and exclusion. What is Opportunity?Access to opportunity gives life and meaning to our hard won freedoms and rights. Dignity is strongly linked to being able to work. This requires a growing economy and an educated society. The job of government is to ensure peoples’ right to excellent education, quality healthcare and a functional criminal justice system. Government must also provide social protection for South Africans faced with circumstances beyond their control. Poverty and hardship should rob no-one of their opportunities.When people are deprived of their opportunity to work, their independence and dignity is damaged. This threatens not only them, but also the people that rely on them. People cannot fulfil their potential without a capable state. Government must provide access to electricity, water and sanitation, and reliable public transport. Our leaders must never forget they are elected by the people and must be close and accountable to them. South Africans deserve a government they can trust and that will responsibly spend every cent to create opportunities for all.
