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The head of the DA, Mmusi Maimane (AFP)
DA chief Mmusi Maimane said that if black professionals did not bet on his party in next week's polls, they might "exacerbate" the black tax problem.
The black tax is a term coined to define financial support for the extended family in black communities.
Maimane insists that the DA, which is the largest opposition party in the country, is the only real alternative that can help revive the troubled economy of South Africa and Africa. to build a capable state.
While some young professionals remain undecided as to who to vote for, others think that this can never be the prosecutor, because of his historical background and his deep conviction that the party does not put black communities and their struggles in the foreground.
Maimane, a native of Dobsonville, Soweto, told News24, in an interview ahead of the May general election, that he could understand the problem of black tax.
"If we do not have this vision of putting a job in every home, building a capable state, the black tax issue will be exacerbated as more and more people join the ranks of unemployment," he said. said Maimane.
In his comments on this persistent attitude against his party, Maimane stated that he did not think that some professionals had properly badyzed the work done by the DA in the government and in the fight against corruption. corruption.
"I also have a lot of sympathy for professionals who end up in work centers where they come in and who say to themselves:" In fact, at this workplace, I am neglected because of our historical injustices "or "I have a PA of a different breed, who earns more money than me and yet I am much more professional than them," said Maimane.
"I think that as a prosecutor we have misunderstood that we have to create diverse places, we have to make sure to build this dream of a unique South Africa for all," he said. . that it was necessary to tackle inequalities and inequalities of racial origin.
The leader of the DA said that he thought professionals and ordinary South Africans were getting the message from his party and realized that it was the only way to grow the country's economy. .
He said that many began to rethink their own view of the opposition party and began to see it as an organization capable of realizing their hopes and aspirations.
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