Rise Mzansi national chair Vuyiswa Ramokgopa, a leading business person and founding member of the political start-up, is set to be unveiled as the party’s Gauteng premier candidate at Joubert Park in Johannesburg on Tuesday.

Gauteng, which contributes about 40% to national GDP, is besieged by high unemployment, poor service delivery, water and energy shortages, violent crime and crumbling infrastructure. It is set to be a battleground province in the 2024 national and provincial elections as opposition parties seek to wrest power from the governing ANC...

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