‘Change Starts Now’ is a political campaign officially launched on Sunday by businessman and activist Roger Jardine at his hometown in Riverlea south of Johannesburg
Jardine, who is from the ANC, stated that he wants to change South Africa’s political scene
“I’m not a career politician. Given the urgency of the situation, we are very open to talking to other parties and structures. What we would like to see is South Africans coming together so we can shape a progressive political party. Citizens want something new, and through the listening tour we are about to embark on, we can hopefully find some ideas.”
Change Starts Now : Team
Murphy Morobe – an ANC stalwart and one of the student leaders involved in the 1976 youth uprisings is also set to join the outfit, veteran activist (and outgoing Maverick Citizen editor) Mark Heywood, outgoing Helen Suzman Foundation head Nicole Fritz and Progressive Health Forum’s Dr Aslam Dasoo
Most of the party’s members had to be persuaded to resign from positions of power in order to join Jardine.
Jardine has spent the last 25 years in high-profile private sector roles, including being at the helm of engineering and media companies. He made the move into business after being one of the youngest department directors-general in Nelson Mandela’s government, one who cut his teeth in political activism while still a student
