Newsletter| Partypreneurs, or people who start new political parties, are good for democracy. On the other hand, there is very little creativity on the ballot paper as there are at least 11 parties that start with the word ‘African’, writes MuziKuzwayo
He reminded me of someone I met before our second national democratic election, who introduced himself as a cyborg, and then asked me to sign up so he could register his political party – one that would speak for the trees in Parliament.
“No, it could only be good,” he said, “because there would be less work, less greed, less crime, less stress, less sickness and less hospitalisation.”Some, like Patricia de Lille of the Good party, are serial partypreneurs – no different from Tesla’s Elon Musk, who is a serial entrepreneur. It’s also an acronym for what the party says it wants – peace, ubuntu, transformation, servant leadership and accountability.The ATM’s campaign has the look and feel of innocence, and perhaps it is their naivety that makes them look like they mean what they say.Come May 8, which is the beginning of the second week after pay day, many people will certainly remember a name like ATM.
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