Johannesburg – The DA will rent office space to small businesses in Gauteng for a R1 a year if it wins the province in this year’s election, the party’s Gauteng premier candidate Mmusi Maimane said on Saturday.
“We can’t have small businesses struggling to pay rent,” he said.
“But at the same time there are so many government buildings in Gauteng that are vacant or under-used.”
Maimane said the African National Congress-led government owned 55 percent of the land in the province.
“For every person with a great business idea who just can’t get ahead because times are hard, this is your fight too,” he said.
Maimane was addressing a packed indoor arena at Ellis Park in Johannesburg at the Democratic Alliance’s provincial manifesto launch and job rally.
He said the manifesto was a pledge to the people of Gauteng and the foundation for the future.
The crowd, most of them dressed in DA attire, sang and cheered. …
