The Move One Million movement has garnered interest from half a million South Africans to date and organisers are using a combination of online and on foot methods to engage, educate and empower South Africans across all communities.
Their aim is to encourage at least 1 million South Africans, locally and internationally, to stand united at protests, in vehicle convoy’s and on street corners on Saturday 5th September 2020. The aim is to express to the South African government and the world that ordinary citizens are no longer prepared to accept the longstanding status quo of various issues including crime, poverty, corruption and lack of job creation, lack of access to basic housing, healthcare, education and food security.
The movement founded by Jarette Petzer and Joanita Van Wyk, is also working on a mass campaign for direct elections. Move One Million believes that this will set precedence for future generations by providing a legal process that will give more power to the people of South Africa to ‘hire and fire’ those who represent them in government.
Petzer states, ‘We will continue to mobilize more of the country through a number of national ground campaigns over the next 20 months ahead of the next elections, bringing more of our country onto its feet in a united effort to challenge the system. We also demand that the public both locally and internationally enjoys total transparency into the revision of our direct electoral process. We demand that those in government be accountable to the true custodians of this land, the people of South Africa.’
South Africans living abroad have arranged various protests and gatherings to stand in solidarity with the movement in more than 16 countries.
To find out more about the Move One Million, Visit their Facebook Page.
