"DA is the only political party that can change the way the country is run. At the moment our government is failing the people of this country since it is riddled with corruption," Ntuli said.

Ntuli officially joined the DA Youth yesterday after being a member of the IFP and holding several senior positions within the ranks of the party.

In March Ntuli was expelled from the IFP after accusing it of being controlled by a clique because its president, Mangosuthu Buthelezi, no longer wielded any power and there was no democracy within party ranks.

"The gap between the poor and rich is widening due to corruption. The moral character of our government is the one that can potentially [lead to the] collapse of the country, which is why a strong opposition is needed," Ntuli said.

He said he had joined the DA because it has shown that it puts the needs of the people first, compared with other political parties "whose leaders are confused and quarrel over power and keep personal interest above those of ordinary citizens".

DA Youth national chairwoman Mbali Ntuli said those who had been shouting from various directions that their party was for a certain racial group will soon eat humble pie.

"We are [an] incredibly diverse party and that is one of the reasons why we are growing. We have increased our membership and support at various tertiary institutions simply because young people of this country are realising that the DA is the only party for the future.

"As the youth, we are bridging the gap between generations and the experiences of the past. The role we have to play is that of uniting the youth of this country from various backgrounds and take issues relating to youth seriously since the government has shown that we are not an important sector," she said.

She said the problems faced by the ANCYL mean that young people have no voice.

"The collapse of the ANCYL makes it time for us to stamp our authority and steer the young people and ensure that SA youth has a future."

She said now that Ntuli has joined them, they will be able to attract young people from rural areas, townships and urban areas.

DA provincial youth leader Bongumusa Nhlabathi announced that they would be marching to premier Zweli Mkhize's office on Monday as part of the DA's demand for a youth subsidy.

Sadesmo secretary-general Thabiso Dlamini welcomed the move by Ntuli and others to join the DA.

"We wish them all the best in their new [political] home. I must say, though, that they will not be missed because they were no longer active members of the IFP," Dlamini said.

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Jun 7, 2012

Catalyst

Slowly but surely the corrupt ANC is coming down. The ANC of the past has been killed by the current power hungry bunch.
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Jun 7, 2012

Tabza325is

Yes corruption play a big part but DA don't fool us, as long as we live in a democratic and capitalist country the gap between the poor and the rich will always be there, no politician can ever over come this obsticle as that's what capitalism and democracy depends on in order to function. The more poor people you have the more manual labour you can have as no person in thier right mind or if they had a choice would want to work as gabage pick-up or work in the sewerage, you need people to be poor and desperate enough in order to have people doing those shittie jobs, you can never bridge the gap between the poor and the rich in such a system as no rich person wants to unblock thier own toilet once it's block they need someone desperate enough to take such a job of unblocking people's sewerages, untill we get rid of capitalism you will always need poor people to do all the manual shitty jobs so as goverment part of you job is to maintain the levels of poverty by making sure not all of us have equal oppotunities, which is why democracy and capitalism combined are the foundation of corruption along with the federal reserve banking systems pure corruption.
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Jun 7, 2012

TheMrs01

ABANC = ANYTHING BUT ANC
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Jun 7, 2012

Punkies

But trust me people always complain about ANC bla bla bla..they still vote for then in the name of voting for Mandela's 27 yrs in prison. I will vote wisely this time.
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Jun 7, 2012

TheMrs01

@PUNKIES
True that we must use our votes wisely for our kids sake...
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Jun 7, 2012

Zezinho

I will only vote for the DA if Mazibuko becomes the president of the party.
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Jun 7, 2012

CheeseBoy

The gap between the poor and rich is widening due to corruption. The moral character of our government is the one that can potentially [lead to the] collapse of the country, which is why a strong opposition is needed,"

we have been preaching this for years already.
I hope zuma becomes anc president for a second term so that poor people really see the useless that he is. for so long they have been blackmailed to vote for anc because of mandela and sisulu. even though they are draining this beautiful country. he is the one to nail that final nail in the coffin of the ANC come next elections more people will voter wiser.
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Jun 7, 2012

oriam

i am a true anc member and also love their slogan that says people should vote for change. we desperately need change as a country - viva DA viva...
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Jun 7, 2012

Printa

@ Tabza325is.... Hah Ntwana, uyacofa San!

Heshee!
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Jun 8, 2012

DjEp

The gap between the poor and the rich is widening, but the gap between the ruling party and the supposed opposition party is also widening, so we will not see any change in the near future. While DA critise ANC they never come up with solutions making tha masse wonder if ever they vote for them will the ever solve anything or keep on reminding us of what ANC didnt do??? It will take another 50 years for this country to get a proper opposition party. DA is not the opposition party but the LOUD speaker at parliament.
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