Marius Fransman's People’s Movement for Change to contest elections at national level
Fransman's party is seeking to create space for people outside of the political spectrum into the convoluted arena in the hope that they can produce real solutions to the many problems facing South Africa.
Marius Fransman (second from left) addresses People’s Movement for Change supporters. Picture: People's Movement for Change/Facebook
JOHANNESBURG - With an ever-growing list of political parties seeking to contest the fast-approaching general elections, former African National Congress (ANC) Western Cape chairperson Marius Fransman has now thrown his name in the hat.
He’s emerged as one of the leaders of a new party called the People’s Movement for Change (PMC), which is made up of leaders across several sectors, including religion, politics and civil society.
He said that his former party could not take society forward, citing that its failed to address issues of unemployment, redress and inequality.
Fransman’s told Eyewitness News his outfit would contest the polls at national level as well as in Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, the western and northern Capes.
Attempts by some in the ANC to woo Fransman in the hope of regaining lost ground in the Western Cape are now definitely a thing of the past.
He’s resurfaced under a new party and is seeking to create space for people outside of the political spectrum into the convoluted arena in the hope that they can produce real solutions to the many problems facing South Africa.
"Bring people in the environment, so that the more experienced people can help train up the less experienced people so that over the next two years, we build a cadre of young professionals that we can support to go into various state portfolios."
Fransman said the PMC wanted to see the first nation status given to the country’s indegenous people and their descendents.
While his party is just the new kid on the block, he predicts the Democratic Alliance (DA) will go under 50% in the Western Cape and that the PMC will be the second-largest in the province.