Bongani Baloyi

Former ActionSA Gauteng leader Bongani Baloyi has started a new political party, Xiluva, meaning flower in Xitsonga. In this case, it refers to the protea, ...

He also shared his experience with a potential donor who wanted to dictate on his party's values and the position it should adopt on crucial questions such as relationships with other political organisations. How compelling is Baloyi in articulating his new project? The podcast ends with a discussion on how Baloyi plans to “animate” young people who may be disengaged politically to vote next year, specifically for his party, with the host challenging him on the difficulties of “tapping the youth”. Baloyi told TimesLIVE contributor and analyst Eusebius McKaiser that Xiluva's foundational values are ubuntu, family, community and multiracialism. For this reason, he is hoping for “subscriptions and working-class donations” to ensure “purity”. He argued that people will continue to identify across racial lines and that his party embraces multiculturalism rather than nonracialism as it is a better founding value.

Former DA strongman Bongani Baloyi is expected to launch his own political movement, with a focus on attracting the youth vote in the 2024 general election.

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Bongani Baloyi, the former Gauteng chairperson for ActionSA, has announced the establishment of his new political party named Xiluva. Baloyi took a decision ...

“For once, despondent South Africans and young people who constitute the biggest voting demographic have a reason to vote. “Xiluva was born out of a sense of political homelessness, hopelessness and desperation. “It is exactly what our country needs right now. This is the birth of Xiluva,” he said. We believe in a South Africa that is built on the ideological philosophy of Ubuntu, a home-grown ideology birthing a multiracial South Africa which embraces our diversity and weaves this into a beautiful tapestry that shapes a new South African identity and sense of nationhood.” It is founded on values of family, Ubuntu, community and multiracialism.

The party will be registered with the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) on Monday. Baloyi is joined by his former colleague Letlhogonolo Moseki who was ...

A political party where young people can see themselves in the leadership of the party. Baloyi has called on young people of South Africa to forcefully include themselves at the political table. Baloyi says, “This is the reason that we decided to create a political vehicle that will give young people, who are desperately looking for a political home, this political home is for those who believe they don’t have a stake in our democracy of our country.

Former Midvaal mayor Baloyi joined hands with former ActionSA Ekurhuleni councillor Tlhogi Moseki, who would be Xiluva's national chair. The launch of Xiluva ...

This political home is for those who believe that they do not have a stake in the democracy of our country. This is a fundamental departure from the status quo of our country, and is exactly what our country needs right now.” A political party where young people can see themselves in the leadership.