In October 2025, the GOOD Party, RISE Mzansi, and Build One South Africa (BOSA) announced a decision to begin the journey of consolidating South Africa’s political landscape under the banner of Unite for Change. Over the past five months, the parties have taken significant steps towards this goal while preparing for the 2026 Local Government Elections.
While significant ground has been covered in this regard, it has become clear that integrating three political parties, their structures, and their activists needs more time due to its intensity and complexity. It cannot be implemented effectively under the pressure of an election campaign. As a result, the parties have determined that the best option is to contest the 2026 LGE individually and pursue consolidation afterwards. In short, Unite for Change will not be on the ballot, while the GOOD Party, RISE Mzansi and BOSA will be.
That said, the parties will in due course implement an interim cooperation model that ensures that voters have access to capable and committed election candidates. This is based on a shared recognition that the municipal elections require the parties to leverage their respective strengths to maximise their individual and collective election potential. Therefore, the parties will make best endeavours to minimise or prevent unnecessary competition between them wherever possible.
South Africa is in a crisis, and this requires talented and capable candidates. To effectively deal with it we must prioritise merit, expertise, integrity and rooting out corruption because building public trust in our political system requires consistent delivery. The parties will work to ensure that this happens in the municipal councils where we are elected to serve, governing with and for the people.
Following this announcement will be communication to all applicants for municipal councillor informing them of next steps. We appreciate their commitment to change the role and face of local government for the better.
We would like to thank our members and supporters for the work they have done thus far to build this political movement. The work continues, and our mission remains intact: bringing together citizens, activists, community leaders, and public servants who are committed to restoring dignity, accountability, and delivery at every level of government.
Natural Mess
So I\’m real good friends with this guy named Juan Ted. Now, Juan is a pretty astonishing guy. He can steal ANYTHING he wants to. Literally anything. It could be the shirt off your back, the wallet in your pocket, or I\’m even sure he\’d find a way to steal your house (And your spouse too). So anyway, one day Juan and I are sitting around watching TV, and they announced that the hope diamond will not be on display anymore and is now getting moved to an undisclosed location. So as we hear this, Juan says \”I\’m gonna steal it\”. Now I know how good Juan is at this kind of stuff, so I just tell him good luck and he goes on his way. Eventually he narrows his search down to a small cave in South Africa. When Juan gets there, he doesn\’t see any guards or anything outside the cave, so he just walks in assuming he was wrong about where the diamond was. He wanders around for a while until he sees a long lit hallway with the hope diamond at the end of it. Confident in his abilities, he strolls over to the diamond and picks it up before realizing its a trap! Suddenly, red lights flashed, armed men came running out, sirens went off. You could hear one of the men say under his breath \”We finally caught Juan Ted.\” But Juan, being the best thief in the world, said \”Not quite. On the count of three, I will disappear.\” As the men looked around confused, Juan began to count. \”Uno. Dos.\” And he disappeared without a tres.
Eight Patrol
Fun South African Fact: There are around 3,000 shipwrecks off the coast of South Africa.