4 September 2020
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FORCE THE CHANGE ■ Joe Dreyer
Things can only be changed if they are faced. And when a million faces stare into the eyes of all that needs to change, it will. This weekend, people from across the globe will join in solidarity with South Africans who have had to suffer under extreme conditions in a country rife with corruption, crime, murders, farm attacks and genderbased violence in a massive international demonstration. The “Move One Million” campaign will see 16 countries takes hands with their South African brothers and sisters as they stand up to the government who have failed dismally in their promise to secure a brighter future for all. “This is not a political campaign, this is a movement to enforce change and bring back the dignity and the freedom of all people,” said Joanita van Wyk, Co-Founder of the Move One Million campaign. She took some time out to speak to Bulletin about the drive behind the campaign, what it stands for and what it aims to achieve on Saturday, the 5th of September (tomorrow). “The immense socio-economic impact under one of the world’s most extreme lockdown’s during the Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in South Africans uniting for their voices to be heard,” she said. “There are many smaller groups campaigning against various atrocities and what we usually hear is ‘it won’t achieve anything because who
POOR WORKMANSHIP COSTS MONEY The ongoing tug-o-war between Phalaborwa rate payers and a seemingly disinterested local municipality has edged another step into the absurd when one local business owner reportedly suffered financial loss as a result of what he believed to be shoddy workmanship. To understand the full story, turn the page and read inside.
will listen to a handful of peaceful protestors’. And those comments carry some weight, but when all those smaller groups combine their campaigns into one massive action, it cannot be ignored. Every person in South Africa has a voice and every business and household has a face, it is time that we show ourselves to the government and let them hear our frustrations. We are now done, and we as South Africans will no longer stand for this.” According to Van Wyk, this weekend’s mass-protest will be the catalyst to bring about significant change in South Africa. She explained that the idea behind the Move One Million was to become an umbrella movement under which smaller campaigns can find solace. “This movement is not specific. We are not going to protest farm attacks tomorrow. We are not going to protest GBV or human trafficking or corruption either. We are standing up against all of it in one massive movement. Because all of it negatively impacts on all our people, and all of it needs to change.” The movement, which Van Wyk co-founded with Jarette Petzer, is also working on a mass campaign for direct elections. In June 2020, the South African Constitutional High Court ruled that the current Electoral Act is unconstitutional as it does not allow for individuals to stand as independent candidates in local and national elections.
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