Nonkululeko Gobodo has joined politics.
- Nonkululeko Gobodo announced that she has joined Change Starts Now.
- Change Starts Now leader Roger Jardine shared the announcement on social media platform X on Thursday.
- Mr Gobodo joins a list of other prominent South Africans who have supported Mr Jardine's party.
Nonkululeko Gobodo, South Africa's first black female chartered accountant, has joined politics. on thursday, on XChange Start Now leader Roger Jardine shared a video of Mr Gobod announcing his joining the party.
Jardine captioned the video: “An inspirational South African who we are grateful to have on our team is Nonkululeko Gobodo. Thank you for choosing to change lanes.” I added. [the] It’s the 2024 election! ”
In the video, Gobodo said he joined Change Start Now because:
I was tired of sitting at home and watching my country fall into ruin, feeling helpless, discouraged, and angry. I realized that times like these are the times when leaders should stand up and do something to save their country.
He added that unless South Africans “stand up” and “do something to save our country” in this election, history will judge us.
“The people of South Africa are not powerless. It is all in our hands to change our country and do something to save our country. And I look to other parts of Africa. The people of Africa are exactly where we are today, and we were watching them.'' Countries that are heading toward the cliff, have they done enough? When we look at our own countries, Have they done enough?
Mr Gobodo added:
I don't want to be in a position where I sit back and watch my country fall off a cliff. We ask ourselves, have we done enough as South Africans? This election in 2024 is an opportunity for all of us to do something to change our country. Change starts today, so join Change Starts Now. The opportunity to change our country and save our country is now. Don't wait. There are things you can do. Please join us.
In addition to serving on a number of boards, Mr. Gobod was recently appointed president of Walter Sisulu University, and Nicole Fritz, who resigned as chair of the Helen Suzman Foundation to join Change Start Now, and health They joined activist Mark and others. Haywood.
On Monday, Mr Jardine released the party's manifesto in Kliptown, Soweto, promising several reforms if the party comes to power.
These include a 'ReGrow' fund proposal in Parliament to tackle South Africa's infrastructure crisis, resolve logistics bottlenecks and boost GDP growth above 2.5%.
Among Change Starts Now's pledges is an additional wealth tax of 1.5% per year for three years on the wealthy, an increase in corporation tax from 28% to 32.2% over three years, and an increase in income tax of R1.8 million or more. This includes people with certain backgrounds. The annual tax increase of 4.5% will continue for three years.
