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Plan to create 50 000 jobs – Classrooms to Careers

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This programme was presented today by DA Mayoral Candidate for Nelson Mandela Bay, Athol Trollip, at a public meeting in Rosedale, Uitenhage. Within our first term, the DA has set our sights on creating 10 000 new jobs every year. By implementing forward-thinking policies and establishing a youth advancement task team within the Mayoral Office, a new DA government will turn the tide on rampant unemployment. It is a tragedy that Nelson Mandela Bay has one of the highest unemployment rates … [Read more...] about Plan to create 50 000 jobs – Classrooms to Careers

Quoting Thomas Paine

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"When it can be said by any country in the world, my poor are happy, neither ignorance nor distress is to be found among them, my jails are empty of prisoners, my streets of beggars, the aged are not in want, the taxes are not oppressive, the rational world is my friend because I am the friend of happiness. When these things can be said, then may that country boast its constitution and government. Independence is my happiness, the world is my country and my religion is to do good."Related Links: … [Read more...] about Quoting Thomas Paine

Quoting Thomas Jefferson

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"All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.""The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground.""If once the people become inattentive to the public affairs, you and I, and Congress and Assemblies, Judges and Governors, shall all become wolves. It seems to be the law of our general nature, in spite of individual exceptions.""Our country is too large to have all its affairs directed by a single government. Public … [Read more...] about Quoting Thomas Jefferson

Quoting Ronald Reagan

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"As government expands, liberty contracts.""Nothing lasts longer than a temporary government program.""In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem, government IS the problem. It isn't so much that liberals are ignorant, it's just that they know so much that isn't so.""Our government needs the church, because only those humble enough to admit they're sinners can bring democracy the tolerance it requires to survive"Related Links: The 2016 Municipal Elections in Nelson … [Read more...] about Quoting Ronald Reagan

Quoting Dwight D. Eisenhower

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"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron.""In the councils of government, we must guard … [Read more...] about Quoting Dwight D. Eisenhower

IEC Ready for 3 August

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The Independent Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) says it is ready for the nearing Local Government Elections that takes place in the next seven days. IEC Chief Electoral Officer Mosotho Moepya says all measures, from logistics to security, are in place to ensure the smooth running of elections come 3 August. "I am pleased to announce that we are ready. Absolutely ready," he said on Wednesday. Speaking at the launch of the National Results Operations Centre (ROC) in Pretoria, … [Read more...] about IEC Ready for 3 August

Creating jobs for young South Africans

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These are the remarks made by DASO Leader, Yusuf Cassim MP, at a DA Youth Rally at The Westbourne Oval in Nelson Mandela Bay. Fellow young South Africans, Last month, our country celebrated the 40 year anniversary of the June 16th Soweto uprising. It was an historic occasion and made me think about where our country currently stands when it comes to creating opportunities for young people. The truth, fellow democrats, is that young people are being left behind by an uncaring ANC … [Read more...] about Creating jobs for young South Africans

Quoting Carl Sagan

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"One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It’s simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we’ve been taken. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back."Related Links: The 2016 Municipal Elections in Nelson Mandela Bay. … [Read more...] about Quoting Carl Sagan

I can’t wait to enjoy the fruits of economic freedom

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In the lead up to the 3 August 2016 elections we are seeing many comments on Social Media from supporters of the EFF that say; "I can't wait to enjoy the fruits of economic freedom". The accepted definition of Economic Freedom in relation to government requires that government provide infrastructure and policies to support their citizens ability to profit from their own ideas and labour, to work, produce, consume, own, trade, and invest according to their own choices. Thomas Jefferson … [Read more...] about I can’t wait to enjoy the fruits of economic freedom