Mbali Ntuli was offered large amounts of money to form a political party, but her interest is not in campaigning ahead of the 2024 elections – she wants to rattle the political environment and increase the number of people who are registered to vote.
Former DA KwaZulu-Natal member of the provincial legislature Mbali Ntuli is confident that her transition from party politics to community development work will help address young people’s current disillusionment with government, which she says makes it difficult to hold those who have been elected to leadership positions to account.
Ground Work Collective is a new initiative started by former DA politician Mbali Ntuli. She joined TimesLIVE contributor and analyst Eusebius McKaiser, on his TimesLIVE podcast, to explain the motivation behind this non-profit company, and how it will achieve its goals.
Community organiser and former politician Mbali Ntuli said that while voting was a personal action, ‘democracy is a group project’ as she aims to kick start the work of keeping democracy alive through active participation and civic organisation.
