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- 類別：
- 共同興趣 - 政治
- 簡介：
- South Africa deserves credible leadership without political baggage and corruption charges awaiting them in courts.
I support the Rev Dr. Hamilton Mvumelwano Dandala, known as "Mvume" for Presidency.
FACTBOX-Who is Mvume Dandala?
Feb 20 (Reuters) - South Africa's new COPE party said on Friday it had chosen Methodist bishop Mvume Dandala, 57, as its presidential candidate for the April election.
Here are a few details about Dandala:
THE MINISTER:
* He has served as Presiding Bishop of the... (read more) - 隱私等級類別：
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基本資料
- 名稱：
- South Africa's Change: Mr. Mvume Dandala for President
- 類別：
- 共同興趣 - 政治
- 簡介：
- South Africa deserves credible leadership without political baggage and corruption charges awaiting them in courts.
I support the Rev Dr. Hamilton Mvumelwano Dandala, known as "Mvume" for Presidency.
FACTBOX-Who is Mvume Dandala?
Feb 20 (Reuters) - South Africa's new COPE party said on Friday it had chosen Methodist bishop Mvume Dandala, 57, as its presidential candidate for the April election.
Here are a few details about Dandala:
THE MINISTER:
* He has served as Presiding Bishop of the... (read more) - 隱私等級類別：
- 開放性社團：所有內容對外公開。
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- FINAL ACCEPTANCE SPEECH – DR M DANDALA
The reason I am standing before you today is because I believe it is my duty to do everything in my power to help our nation return to the dreams and hopes that we, as a nation, cherished in 1994. Those dreams were of a fair and just society. Our hopes were for efficient government, freedom from hunger and better lives for our children.
Have those dreams come true? Yes, we have made some progress, our young democracy is strong, but there is not a single South African who can honestly say they are not worried about the future. We live every day with corruption, fear and inefficiency and the situation keeps getting worse. This is what I hear the Congress of the People and many more South Africans saying.
We say enough is enough. Our vision for the future is of a government founded on the values of honesty, integrity and justice. That happens to be my personal philosophy and also our collective vision as COPE.
I joined COPE because I have spent my life working for peace, fighting for justice and seeking a society where integrity is the most important guiding philosophy. I found in COPE people who share these values. Voting for COPE gives South Africans a chance to vote for a new beginning - for a government where integrity guides us - not self interest. You will be voting for a robust fight against corruption. You will vote for a society where we can all stand together to build the principled society South Africa deserves.
The cornerstone of true democracy is the empowerment of the people to build a society they deserve. If COPE was promising to achieve these on its own I would be among the first to say, that taking current reality into account, these were yet again empty promises. But because COPE is committed to enabling our people to work towards these goals, I am bold enough to say that these will be achieved.
I believe that the time has come to honour the legacy for which so many gave their lives.
The time has come for change – the time has come for hope!
• The time has come for a return to values that characterise clean governance.
• The time has come – and it is long, long overdue - that our people have food security.
• The time has come for efficient delivery to serve the people of South Africa.
• The time has come to create a society that fulfills its promises to its young.
• The time has come to create an authentically non-racial, non-sexist society.
• The time has come to create a South Africa where public servants at every level serve the public and not their own pockets.
• The time has come to create a South Africa where crime does not daily threaten the lives and possessions of our people.
• The time has come for people to hold their parties and government in check.
• The time has come to ensure that, institutions of our society, like the judiciary, IEC and the constitution are afforded the respect due to them. When these institutions are undermined, society disintegrates.
• The time has come for a clear distinction to be made between party interests and state responsibilities.
• The time has come for members of all political parties to have the right to gather in a violence-free environment.
To achieve this we have to create government policies that encourage domestic economic growth so that we are not left at the mercy of global trade. At the same time we have to create a climate where business can feel secure knowing that it is operating in an environment, free of corruption, where competence, not cronyism, determines who gets contracts.
Clean government is the nub of what the Congress of the People - with your support - will seek to deliver.
When COPE was founded I saw it as a beacon of hope in our country. I was willing to serve COPE in any capacity and so it is a tremendous honour to be asked to take a leadership role.
At this point I want to pay tribute to a man who has had the courage to take a leap into the unknown - a man whose credentials as a leader I believe, are impeccable, our COPE President Mr Mosiua Terror Lekota. To him and his vice-presidents Mr Mbhazima Shilowa and Ms Linda Oodendaal, I pledge my loyalty.
I have spent my working life in church organizations and was privileged to hold the highest office in the Methodist Church of southern Africa. I have also held positions and exercised influence in the secular and business sectors. I have resigned from these and my church positions to take on the task of serving the nation.
There are those – not only in my church - who question my decision to enter the political arena. Their view of public service is that people tend to join it for their own benefit and not that of the country. It is indeed a sad commentary on South Africa today that many see the only reason to enter politics is to serve self.
My answer to them is that if we do not as a people rise up now to fight this threatening rot, we may live to regret it.
We need a government that people can look up to and believe in. The election is only eight weeks away. We have eight weeks to turn South Africa around.
As we approach the coming elections COPE calls for an immediate halt to the bloodletting during this campaign and for our communities to join hands with the I.E.C and the police to ensure such a violence-free environment. We will exercise leadership on the ground, and if necessary galvanize peace workers into action...
COPE will take the lead in seeking to put a new spirit of peace in place in our country! For this to be achieved we need each and every one of you to help us make it happen.
Thank you
Dr Mvume Dandala
February 23 2009