Good morning, goeie more, dumelang.

Esteemed Guests,

Members of the media,

South Africans, and People of the Northern Cape in particular,

Ladies and gentlemen, our President of ActionSA, Mr Herman Mashaba, colleagues, welcome to this press conference.

Today, I stand before you, not just as a political leader, but as a fellow member of this progressive party called ActionSA. This is one of the fastest growing political parties in South Africa and in the Northern Cape Province.

ActionSA is fast becoming a home for many disillusioned voters in the province. Of the 33 wards in the Sol Plaatje Municipality, Kimberley, 26 branches have already launched and recently, we launched branches in Kuruman, a rural area.

Since my appointment to ActionSA in September 2022, I, together with my esteemed team, have grown our Provincial membership from a base of 0 to 6919. In addition to this we have:

• 25 branches with 25 ready to launch in the next month;
• 13 more are in the pipeline; and
• 4435 ActionSA supporters.

Our reach and influence is felt far and wide in my beloved province as we have a footprint in Matoro, Mokalanoga, Tsineng, Gasese and many others. The list carries on. - These are deep rural areas which politicians never visit due to the absence of roads and other infrastructure.

Voters have politically migrated to ActionSA as the only beacon of hope to achieve socio-economic transformation for all including those often residing in rural areas who are often overlooked.

My fellow Actioners, I do not take this nomination lightly and I am deeply humbled. In continuing to build the party in the Northern Cape I will be guided by the foundational principles ActionSA is founded on.

These are principles of: commitment and accountability to public service; insistence on excellence in service delivery; a zero tolerance for corruption, a solutions-orientated approach to communicating our offer to our people and to unite all South Africans.

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