Rise Mzansi

Rise Mzansi
AbbreviationRISE
LeaderSongezo Zibi
ChairpersonVuyiswa Ramokgopa
SpokespersonGugu Ndima
Chief OrganiserMakashule Gana
Head of PolicyMandla Isaacs
Deputy ChairpersonCilna Steyn
FounderSongezo Zibi
Founded19 April 2023; 19 months ago (2023-04-19)
National Assembly
2 / 400
National Council of Provinces
0 / 90
Pan-African Parliament
0 / 5
(South African seats)
Provincial Legislatures
1 / 487
Website
www.risemzansi.org

Rise Mzansi (RISE) is a South African political party founded in April 2023. It is led by Songezo Zibi, a former newspaper editor and co-founder of the Rivonia Circle think tank. The party characterises their ideology as social democratic but has been defined elsewhere as neoliberal.[1]

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