Makashule Gana

Makashule Gana is a South African politician who is the chief organiser for RISE Mzansi. He previously served as a member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature for the opposition Democratic Alliance. Between 2014 and 2016 he was a member of the National Assembly, where he was Shadow Minister of Human Settlements. Gana also served as the Deputy Federal Chairperson of the DA until 2015.He was previously leader of the DA Youth and DA councillor in the City of Johannesburg. He holds a BSc degree and is currently registered for a Postgraduate Diploma in Management at the Wits Business School Quotes I believe we did well, especially the growth we have shown, and in Gauteng where we are going to increase our public representatives, the MPLs. We had 16; now we have 23, which is a good increase. Obviously I’m a bit disappointed, especially in the townships where we seem to have lost potential support to the EFF. That in itself says we must work more and that’s why you see the political school – the people that come here come from those areas. So we’re looking at how best we can help maintain and increase our support in those areas. It’s a work in progress. I don’t think you can look at one election and say what we intended to do, but it’s more like we want to represent the aspirations of all South Africans and I will not say we are there, but we are moving closer to getting there. I can’t pretend I’m happy that in many townships, especially in Gauteng, we’re trailing the EFF. That’s not a good thing. We need to work on that and empowering our activists on the ground is a good start. I’m so happy with the political school and the people that have come through and I believe that with time we should be able to neutralise any new parties that come up in such areas. That for me is a very important development and something that is crucial, that you have people that are going to be resisting to be swayed by the ANC machinery. If we’re able to build on that towards 2016 I have all the belief that we will be able to win Johannesburg. My sense is that our target for 2016 should not be to bring the ANC below 50% in Johannesburg but our target should be to win Johannesburg, because I believe if we all work towards that we can achieve it. External links Category:Living people Category:Politicians from South Africa