Rise Mzansi

• WaterMake sure water runs.
• Electricity and power cutsKeep the lights on.
• RubbishMake sure rubbish gets collected.
• Toilets and sewageNo 2026 promise found.
• RoadsNo 2026 promise found.

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• Building housesNo 2026 promise found.
• Informal settlementsNo 2026 promise found.
• Title deedsNo 2026 promise found.

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• CrimeNo 2026 promise found.
• Metro policeStaff by-law enforcement and have metro (Metro A big city with one council for the whole city, such as Johannesburg or Cape Town. There are 8. Voters there get 2 ballot papers.) police who answer calls.
• Local jobsNo 2026 promise found.
• Business and growthNo 2026 promise found.

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• CorruptionOpen the books, publish tenders and hold officials to account for spending.
• Audit resultsNo 2026 promise found.
• Wasteful spendingNo 2026 promise found.
• CoalitionsNo 2026 promise found.
• BudgetsNo 2026 promise found.

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• Rise Mzansi has never run a council (Council The group of elected people who make decisions for a municipality. They pass its budget and choose the mayor.). It holds no council seat (Seat A place on the council, held by one councillor. A party with more votes gets more of these places.) in its own name. The 2026 election is its first local election. It has stood in by-elections (votes to fill one empty seat). One was in eThekwini Ward 64 in September 2025, where it got 139 votes, which was 3%. In August 2024 a Rise member, Axolile Notywala, filled an empty GOOD seat in the Cape Town council. He sits as a GOOD councillor (Councillor A person elected to make decisions for a municipality, such as the budget and who the mayor is. Each one holds one seat.) and is a member of both parties (Party A group of people who stand for election together, with shared plans.). We found no source on whether he still holds the seat in 2026.

Parties (Party A group of people who stand for election together, with shared plans.) must declare some donations. This applies when one donor gives them more than R200 000 in total in a financial year. A financial year runs from April to March. The limit used to be R100 000. The President raised it in Proclamation Notice R. 275 of 2025. This was published in the Government Gazette on 18 August 2025. So the July to September 2025 report uses R100 000 for donations before that date. A smaller donation is declared once the donor's total for the year passes the limit. The IEC says the Political Funding Act covers each registered (Registered Your name is on the voters' roll. Registration for this election closed on 7 August 2026.) party, even one with no seats (Seat A place on the council, held by one councillor. A party with more votes gets more of these places.) in Parliament (Parliament South Africa's national law-makers, in Cape Town. It has two parts, the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces.) or a provincial legislature. So the IEC's reports cover each party listed here. Smaller gifts, membership fees and public money are not in these reports. So no rows means no donor passed the limit in these reports. It does not mean the party got no money. The IEC's yearly report shows each party's total of smaller gifts, without names. These are the donations the party told the IEC about, as the IEC published them. We do not compare parties. Checked 20 October 2026.

• News report, 30 July 2025

  Daily Maverick reported that Rise Mzansi supported South Africa's case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the UN's top court. The case says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Genocide means trying to destroy a whole people.

• “There are lots of people who had undertaken to support us, and had already been assisting us, who basically stopped”

  News report, 30 July 2025

  Songezo Zibi, the Rise Mzansi leader, told Daily Maverick that funders stopped giving because of the party's stance on Israel. He said the loss is likely in the millions of rand. He also said he was invited on the April 2025 Israel trip paid for by South African Friends of Israel, and declined.

• “That the Government of Israel led by Benjamin Netanyahu is committing genocide against the people of Gaza, Palestine, is well established.”

  News report, 29 July 2025

  Daily Maverick reported a Rise Mzansi statement of 29 July 2025. It says Israel's government, led by Benjamin Netanyahu, is committing genocide in Gaza. It says this is the Israeli government's doing, not that of Jewish people.

• “Now is the time for all democrats all over the world, those who believe in human rights and justice, to stand together and fight injustice everywhere, from the children of Gaza”

  In Parliament, 3 July 2025

  Songezo Zibi, the Rise Mzansi leader, said this in a budget debate in Parliament (Parliament South Africa's national law-makers, in Cape Town. It has two parts, the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces.). MPs (MP (Member of Parliament) A person who sits in Parliament, which makes South Africa's laws. They are not chosen in this local election.) were discussing how much money the foreign affairs department gets. He says democracy is under attack in the United States and other places. He wants people everywhere to unite against unfairness, from children in Gaza to immigrants in the US. The speech does not ask the government to do anything about Gaza.

• “RISE Mzansi urges for a permanent ceasefire, humanitarian aid access, and independent investigations into all violations.”

  Party statement, 3 May 2024

  Songezo Zibi, the Rise Mzansi leader, said this in a party statement. It was for #Week4Palestine, a week of support for Palestinians around the world. Rise Mzansi wants the fighting in Gaza to stop for good and help to reach people there. It wants outside experts to check every breach of the law, by any side. It backs a fully independent Palestinian state, but does not say what South Africa's government should do.

We found nothing. Checked 27 October 2026.

• “What the Chinese are producing at home should be exported from South Africa, not produced in China.”

  In Parliament, 11 July 2024

  Songezo Zibi, the Rise Mzansi leader, said this in a budget debate in Parliament about mining. He says South Africa sends its chrome ore to China. China turns it into ferrochrome, a metal made from that ore, and gains from it. He says the two countries once agreed that minerals should be processed where they are dug up. He wants the government to plan so this work happens in South Africa.

• “it is important to draw a distinction between the Trump administration and the American people”

  In Parliament, 3 July 2025

  Songezo Zibi, the Rise Mzansi leader, said this in a budget debate in Parliament about foreign affairs. He says the US under President Trump uses tariffs, which are taxes on imported goods, to fight its trading partners. He wants South Africa's embassies (Embassy A country's main office in another country. It speaks for its own government there.) to help businesses find other markets, so it relies less on the US. But he wants South Africa to stand by many Americans, who he says helped in its struggle for freedom.

• “The United States, US, is isolating itself from its traditional friends so we must look at alliances of mutual interest a little differently than we have before.”

  In Parliament, 6 March 2025

  Songezo Zibi, the Rise Mzansi leader, said this in a debate in Parliament about the US stopping its aid. He agreed with the President that South Africa must not be bullied. He says the US now treats old friends, like Canada and Mexico, badly. He says this will change which countries work together. So he wants South Africa to rethink its partners, based on what is good for both sides.

We found nothing. Checked 27 October 2026.