Build One South Africa
LeaderMmusi Maimane
ChairpersonKhusta Jack
SpokespersonSbu Zondi
Deputy LeaderNobuntu Hlazo-Webster
FounderMmusi Maimane
Nobuntu Hlazo-Webster
Hlumelo Biko
FoundedSeptember 24, 2022 (2022-09-24)
HeadquartersSandton, Johannesburg
IdeologyCentrism
Website
https://www.bosa.co.za

Build One South Africa (BOSA) is a South African political party. It is led by Mmusi Maimane, the leader of the One SA Movement and the former leader of the Democratic Alliance. The deputy leader is Nobuntu Hlazo-Webster, founder and convener of the South African Women’s Commission. The chairperson of the party is the current Nelson Mandela Bay deputy mayor Mkhuseli Jack. The party was launched on 24 September 2022 in Naledi, Soweto.[1]

The party will contest the 2024 general elections as an "umbrella organisation" for independent candidates.[2] Maimane will stand as the party's presidential candidate in the elections.[3]

The party contested its first by-election in October 2023, winning 1% of the vote in the ward one election in Sol Plaatje Local Municipality.[4]

References

  1. ↑ siyamtanda.capa. "Maimane's new party for political change". www.iol.co.za. Retrieved 2022-09-25.
  2. ↑ "'We must put a job in every home': Maimane launches Build One SA party". TimesLIVE. Retrieved 2022-09-25.
  3. ↑ Masungwini, Norman. "Maimane returns to politics with Bosa". Citypress. Retrieved 2022-09-25.
  4. ↑ Sussman, Wayne (2023-10-12). "October by-elections: EFF, PA upset ANC in Mpumalanga, N Cape". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 2023-10-12.


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