On Thursday, 19 October 2023, the Multi-Party Charter (DA, IFP, FF Plus, ActionSA, ACDP, ISANCO, UIM and SNP) will host an event on the steps of Parliament, Cape Town to formally welcome the African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) as the Charter’s newest member.
The event will include a signing ceremony where the ACDP leadership will sign the Multi-Party Charter Agreement, officially admitting the party to South Africa’s growing coalition alternative to the ANC in 2024.
The event will also include feedback and insight from party leaders who recently attended a week-long intensive coalition workshop in Berlin, Germany, where Charter members benefitted from the international best practice observed in thriving coalition governments. The lessons learned from this workshop will be considered in the Charter’s pre-election coalition agreement.

Plegasus
Van der Merwe is approached by SANRAL one day who want to build a new highway through his donkey farm. Van is really concerned with how his donkeys can get from one side of the farm to the other without having to cross the highway and risk being injured or killed. He is promised that they will build bridges the highway so that his donkeys can cross under the highway. Van agrees and gives them the go-ahead.
The highway is built and a year later the same rep goes to the farm to go see how Van and his donkeys are. He eventually finds Van under one of these bridges chipping away at the roof of the tunnel with a hammer and chisel.
\”Mnr Van de Merwe, what are you doing damaging the highway bridge?\”
Texas Butterfly
Fun South African Fact: South Africa has one of the world’s most luxurious trains.