BOSA wants young people to drive South Africa’s agenda
- thatogololo8
- May 18, 2024
- 2 min read
Build One South Africa (BOSA) encourages students to vote by outlining their youth-centered policies.
On Friday, April 20, 2024, Mmusi Mmaimane’s newly founded Build One South Africa (BOSA) party members could be seen attempting to gain the attention of the passing students and pedestrians on the streets of Braamfontein.

Members of BOSA campaigning on Jorrison street outside Wits Arts Museum. Photo: Thato Gololo
Deputy Leader, and Gauteng Premier candidate Nobuntu Hlazo-Webster, said BOSA is youth led, something which seperates it from other parties. “We have strong youth representation, [and] we are making sure we have youthful people on the team,” she said.
With an abundance of private and Wits associated student residences surrounding it, the party chose to campaign outside of the Wits Art Museum (WAM) due to the heavy student foot traffic.

Ekhuruleni Regional Leader of BOSA, Maoto Mathibeng encouraging members outside the Wits Art Musuem.
Photo: Thato Gololo
With Wits being one of multiple tertiary institutions on Jorisson street, students often flood the area to socialise, shop and attend school daily. But with low thoroughfare and diverted attention, it did not seem like students were paying much attention to the campaigning party.
While few students took heed, it did not deter campaigners from continuing to sing and stop passersby in their journey to engage on the party’s post-election plans.
For example, the Ekhuruleni Regional Leader of BOSA, Maoto Mathibeng, said that the party intended to launch another shutdown in Thembisa to address the lack of action from former Ekhuruleni Mayor, Tania Campbell.
“We are all about [the] economy and creating jobs and that even includes for [sic] young people. In fact, it’s got to be driven by young people. Making sure they have the opportunity to build businesses,” added Hlazo-Webster.
Regarding the prevalence of Gender Based Violence and how the party aims to address it, Hlazo-Webster alleged that police officers, both on and off campus, lack the training necessary to handle instances of sexual violence.
Additionally, there is a lack of resources for these officers to sufficiently collect evidence. “Even on campus, you’d have to have [rape] kits so when someone reports, the kits are there so that you are able to deal with that issue immediately [and] have counselling immediately.” At present, the procedure at the Gender Equity Office (GEO) at Wits is to take patients to Netcare Milpark Hospital to use their rape kits. “We do not have the mandate to carry rape kits” a social worker at the GEO informed Wits Vuvuzela.
While the main body of the party tries to make its presence known, having not yet attended recent political dialogues hosted by the likes of VOW FM, the student chapter has yet to impact Wits campuses.
“[The campaigns outside the Wits Arts Museum] are a regularly scheduled thing... we are going to be back. And we are going to be back after the elections too. We will continue to engage with youth [and] with students about their issues but most importantly about their future.”
Whether the party can truly maintain its youth-focused stance is unknown, but Hlazo-Webster insists that BOSA will continue to make their presence felt among students.
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