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Around 5,000 African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) members gathered at Ellis Park in Johannesburg on Saturday for the launch of its election 2024 manifesto.
The party has promised to ensure better access to quality health care to vulnerable communities.
ACDP said it will refuse to be forced into contracts with global pharmaceutical manufacturers and suppliers on unfavourable terms, as was the with the Covid-19 vaccine procurement contracts.
Regarding the war between Israel and Hamas, the ACDP said it would re-establish diplomatic relations with Israel, move the South African embassy to Jerusalem and “given the recent horrific terrorist attack on Israel and the broader ongoing conflict, work towards finding lasting peace in the Middle East, while ensuring that Israel’s security and right to defend itself is not compromised”.
As we mark the 30th Anniversary of the ACDP’s founding in December 1993, we have built a strong track record of protecting and promoting many of the values and freedoms we hold dear.
ACDP fought to ensure that South Africa is a constitutional state, and not a secular state (allowing churches, for example, to meet in schools), and by the insertion in section 15(2) that “religious observances may be conducted at state or state-aided institutions” (protecting school prayers) under certain conditions, the party said.
“We were also instrumental in including the words ‘In Humble Submission to Almighty God …’ in the Preamble to the Western Cape Constitution”.
Inkatha Freedom Party will launch its election manifesto for the 2024 polls at Durban’s Moses Mabhida Stadium on Sunday.
One of the party’s main aims for this 29 May election is to take over the KwaZulu-Natal government from the African National Congress (ANC).
Party president Velenkosini Hlabisa is expected to deliver the IFP’s vision for South Africans for the next five years.
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