Johannesburg,South Africa

Yesterday,ActionSA President Herman Mashaba has announced Kgosi Kwena Mangope as one of his party several premier candidates for the 2024 general elections.

Kgosi Kwena Mangope is the ActionSA North West Provincial Chairperson and will be ActionSA's Premier Candidate for North West Province and he has a long history of service to the people of the North West.

Kgosi Kwena Mangope is the son of the homeland former Bophuthatswana leader Kgosi Mangope who expelled during his days when it came to service delivery for the people of his homeland.

During his acceptance nomination speech Kgosi Mangope has committed himself to work diligently for the people of his province and admitted that it will be not an easy task to remove ANC.

"President Mashaba,I accept this nomination as Premier Candidate-elect for the North West with humility and honour.

"I believe my passion for human development and restoration of South African's glory and pride will carry me through the intense months of campaigning and lobbying in the coming months.

"As we march on towards next year's National and Provincial elections,I just want to say that I am acutely aware of the difficult task of wrestling power away from the current ANC government in the North West,"said Mangope.

He highlighted that ActionSA in the province of North West is doing well so far and is busy with its recruitment drive in different communities across the province.

"ActionSA in North West has been hard at work on the ground and a significant marker of this is number of branch launches we've had so far.

"We have over more than 100 branches in the province audited as fully compliant and we are not stopping.

"To us,this indicates our progress and inspire us to work harder to recruit more members into our ranks.

"The 2024 elections will demonstrate South Africans' collective dissatisfaction with the situation in our beloved country.

"As ActionSA,we are cognisant of that and are encouraged by the reception we are receiving across the Province,"he added.

He criticised the ANC government in the North West Province for its failures to improve the livelihoods of the people who languishes on poverty for decades.

"In my mind,as I accept this nomination,there is absolutely no doubt that ActionSA is the most viable alternative to the failed ANC government in our province.

"As ActionSA,our focus as a party in the province is to help bring about the improvement of lives of all people.

"We will focus specific attention on those living in rural areas.

"Our province,North West Province,remains one of the most impoverished provinces yet it sits atop one of the largest deposits of precious metal and mineral wealth in the world.

"We don't have water,roads,facilities or even parks for children to play.

"Under the ANC rule,the people of our province have been subjected to years of underdevelopment whilst government and political overloads fight daily for who gets to loot its limited resources,"he continued.

He touched other important issues which proves that the ANC government in the province is failing dismally,he pointed the issue of municipalities who are under administration,the money that was stolen which was supposed to be used to refurbish Makiheng International Airport and the Pilanesburg Airport in Rustenburg.

He promised to revive the hopes of people who lives in those areas that were previously had industries which were closed after ANC government took power.

"We will ensure that abandoned industrial areas such Babalegi,Ga-Rankuwa,Mogwase and many other areas closed due to politics over the last 27 years,are brought back to productive life so that the people have the dignity of gainful employment,"he concluded.