DA Youth
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Establishment date: | 2008 |
| Place of foundation: | |
| Chairman: | Makashule Gana |
| Press officer: | Reagent Allen |
| Secretary General: | Aimee Franklin |
| Number of members: | |
| Website: | www.dayouth.org.za |
DA Youth (short: DAY ) is the youth organization of the South African Democratic Alliance (DA). It was founded in 2008.
Goals and Organization
The goals of DA Youth are to mobilize young people between the ages of 15 and 31 for the goals of the party, to enable political work, to identify and deal with youth issues in South Africa, and to support young leaders. To this end, a program for young leaders (YLP) was initiated, in which 15 to 20 people between 18 and 35 can take part each year; participation is independent of party membership.
The DA Youth is led by a federal youth executive committee headed by the federal youth leader. It is elected by the Federal Youth Congress. At the provincial level, the Executive Committee is elected by the Provincial Youth Congress; There are nine political provinces, analogous to the South African provincial division. The regional committees and local branches form the lower organizational units. The DASO student association forms its own local groups.
No additional fee has to be paid for membership in the DA Youth, the members pay to the parent party of which they have to be a member.
Relationship to ANCYL
In September 2011, Moeletsi Mbeki called on the DA and its youth organization at a conference of the party to support the ANC Youth League (ANCYL) for the benefit of the country's economic development. Both the ANCYL and the DA viewed this request with skepticism.
To expel the President of ANCYL, Julius Malema , the DAY published a short press release in which it called for a return to the existing problems of the country and the youth.
In mid-March 2012, DAY attacked the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) on a massive scale, calling it a " bribe facility " for ANCYL. This was preceded by the distribution of 540,000 Rand in the Eastern Cape for the benefit of the ANC youth organization alone. The chairman of the agency then called the DA Youth “useless” and without any programmatic content.
Press
At the beginning of 2012, DAY attracted attention with a poster advertisement. One poster showed a multiracial couple hugging. The leader of the United Christian Democratic Party called it "sexually immoral" and a call for promiscuity . The chairman of DAY contradicted this: The poster was the impetus for a new debate on the race question . The campaign was discussed intensively on Facebook .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Federal Youth Constitution ( Memento of the original from May 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (pdf; 115 kB), accessed on March 18, 2012 (English).
- ↑ Young Leaders Program ( Memento of the original from March 29, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on March 18, 2012.
- ↑ DAY Structure ( Memento of the original from May 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (pdf; 53 kB), accessed on March 18, 2012 (English).
- ↑ Moeletsi Mbeki calls for DA to support ANCYL . In: The Sowetan of September 6, 2011, accessed March 18, 2012.
- ↑ DA Youth notes Malemas expulsion ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. dated March 1, 2012, accessed on March 18, 2012.
- ↑ Ngwako Modjadji: DA Youth slams agency for allegedly funding ANCYL ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: The Citizen online of March 12, 2012, accessed on March 18, 2012.
- ^ DA Youth poster shocks Christian party . In: Times Live, January 24, 2012, accessed March 18, 2012.
