How did Save SA come to be and how will it develop?
SSA has made clever use of social media by calling on people in SA who could not make it to Pretoria, to stand up and be counted in public, writes Fiona Forde
When the Save SA (SSA) campaign was convened in mid-September, the Public Protector’s investigation into so-called state capture was still a work in progress, while the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) had not yet charged Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan for fraud and corruption. Yet when the group behind the campaign met on September 15 at the offices of the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Johannesburg, they were of the firm view that civic action was badly needed to essentially "save SA" from the reckless leadership of President Jacob Zuma. It was then that the name was coined. Sipho Pityana, a member of the Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution (Casac), and also the chairperson of AngloGold Ashanti, had convened the September meeting and invited representatives from various civic organisations and groups to attend. Among them were Section 27, Corruption Watch, Lawyers for Human Rights, Equal Education, Students for Law and Justice, and a number of religiou...
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