DA Manifesto
DA Manifesto
l Provide a minimum income grant funded through tax on luxury goods, alcohol and cigarettes.
l Create jobs by massively boosting small business development.
l Subsidise wages of job seekers between the ages of 18 to 25, giving businesses a real incentive to hire first time work seekers.
l Position South Africa as a world leader in solar-power energy and create thousands of jobs.
l Fight crime by boosting the police service to 200000 and employing 5000 more social workers.
l Provide antiretrovirals to more people, introduce national health insurance and fill 55000 vacancies in the health sector.
l Provide all schools with electricity, water and sanitation within two years.
l Make sure every school has a library, laboratory and free Internet within five years.
l Give teachers performance bonuses and take those unwilling or unable to teach out of the system.
l Child education grant for poor pupils to cover school fees, transport and uniforms.
l Institute a comprehensive rural development strategy that rolls out basic services, supports farmers and builds local rural markets.