BRIEF POLICIES ON VARIOUS PEOPLE GROUPS

The CDA has a clear vision and plan to meets the needs and dreams of the various groups that make up this beautiful country we call South Africa. Not empty words but real understanding combined with practical sustainable programmes.
Instead of short term thinking and publicity stunts, we offer a long term vision where all peoples can enjoy the benefits and opportunities our country has to offer. A nation where people are no longer treated as special projects, but where all barriers to equal access have been removed and we prosper together within real equal opportunity.

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RURAL COMMUNITIES of South Africa are the backbone of our agricultural industry and yet are of the most marginilised of all our peoples. Landlessness, lack of housing, inadequate economic incentives and a lack of long term vision for farmers has resulted in economic failure for many of these areas. We as the CDA recognise the contribution of farmers to our nation, as well as the communities that surround them and pledge to embark upon a programme that will not only secure teh farming industry, but provide the neccessary framework for long term economic and scoial development. This will include a radical assessment of assistance programmes to farmers, fast tracking of land and housing issues, provision of economic incentives for business establishment in our rutal areas, as well as the implementation of co-operative / kibbutz style farming and other business initiatives. Provision of infrastructure, increased provision of security and policing and Tourism drives all form part of this programme. Top

YOUNG ADULTS and youth are our future. The CDA believes firmly that without proper investment into our young people, we are failing to invest in our future. Any nation with long term vision should have a vision for its youth. The CDA will establish a values based eductasion system that develops our young people into men and women of character capable of taking this country into the next century. Young men and women who know right from wrong and have the courage to choose what is right. Extensive ongoing skills development opportunities linked to the provision of entrepeneurial skills, lifeskills and provision of employment programmes to develop experience and business knowledge all form part of our strategy to empower our youth. Top

Our SENIOR CITIZENS are the foundation upon which this nation was built and they should get the respect and reward they deserve. It is they that provided the platform from which all we now take for granted was launched. The CDA acknowledges these men and women and vows to show them the care and honour befitting them. Under the CDA, the elderly shall be prioritised for the provision of housing, shall benefit from accessible and affordable health care and shall receive a pension that guaranteed them a life of dignity. We consider it an insult to this nation when our elderly have to beg, have to cry out to be acknowledged and spend their retirement years fighting for survival. We recognise their experience, wisdom and wealth of knowledge and will embark on a extensive programme of drawing those who wish to contribute to our future, into a mentorship programme to assist the next generation, in the estbalishment of values, business and technical skills as well as other transferable knowledge. Top

OUR WOMEN of South Africa have been the backbone of our communities for many years, holding together the fabric of society while the men pursued carreers, got caught up in the struggle or found themselves displaced as migrant workers. It is they that despite ongoing discrimination, have stood firm and taken up many new roles in our nation, as political leaders, doctors, engineers, entrepeneurs and many more new fields hardly entered into before. The CDA is commutted to removing every last bastion of discrimination and prejudice, so that all women can follow a life of their own choosing. We also however recognise that those who have chosen to be full time home carers, fulfill a vital role in the building of our nation. That their career choice is as important as any other and we reject the notion that those who do not pursue a calling outside of teh home are less in any way. These women are the ones providing counsel, guidance and wisdom in the streets of our communities while others are away at usiness. We value you, respect you and thank you too, for your career choice. The CDA is committed to providing the neccessary support for the growth, expectations and aspirations of ALL women. Top

The DISABLED of South Africa continue to face an uphill battle in the recognition of their rights and the CDA committs itself to championing their cause. We find it unacceptable that segments of our community remain sidelined in achieving equality in access to opportunity. In this area particularly, we feel the need to move away from the concept of "special rights", to a position of barrier removal, whereby those amongst us with disabilities, rather than being allocated special treatment, should expect to be part of  the normal flow of society, without prejudice. The CDA accepts that this will take an uncompromising committement to this issue and we rise willingly to that challenge. We also acknowledge that there are many forms of disability and that a blanket approach will not solve the problem. We therefore will look to a multi faceted approach that deals with people as individuals and not as a common "problem". Top

Our UNEMPLOYED remain one of the most marginilised groups in South Africa and there seems to be no end in sight for this growing problem. Millions still find themselves unable to find meaningful employment and therefore incapable of caring for their families an dreahing their personal drema sand aspirations. It is statistically proven that the enemployed find themslevs at a greater health risk and this ony compounds their problems as they seldom have access to suitable healthcare when needed. This problem is a scourge upon our society and the CDA is committed to massive programmes of job creation. Not just government funded projects that create temporary work, but sustainable programmes of co-operatives, labour intensive production facilities and broader distribution of government cobntracts to ensure that all get an equal share, rather than simply a selected few. Our enemployed deserve to reap the benefits of our new nation and we will fight for them do do so. Top

The number of HOMELESS people, or people living in self constructed shacks is appalling. Fifteen years into the new South Africa, and government has failed dismally in providing our people with the most basic of human needs - shelter. The impact of this failure, is far reaching as children have inadequate places of study, husbands and wives are unable to have close realtionships,shanty towns become the breeding gorund of gangs and crime and all of these find themselves without the stability needed to reconstruct their lives. The CDA sees this issues as one of its key priorities and will ensure that fast tracking of housing delivery, by removing the restrictive red tape and corruption of current practices, increasing the subsidy to acceptable levels and utilising free enterprise and alternative housing technologies. Providing our people with adequate housing is not negotiable. Top

Many of our PREVIOUSLY DISADVANTAGED are still waiting for housing, jobs, education and other basic neccesseties of survival in a modern world. Some have maybe received a RDP home - that one year later is falling apart.Affirmative action programmes have only benefitted an elite few. Empty promises have done little for those who have spent a lifetime suffering under apartheid. The CDA committs itself to an holistic process of providing justice to those who have suffered loss or injury. Justice, by means of real restitution. Providing each and every South African who was discriminated against under the previous regime with a holistic programme of settlement that enables them to participate as part of society and not just beneficiaries of hand outs. Each day that goes by and we do not offer restitution, is a day that we turn our backs on justice and the CDA will ensure that happens no more. No racist policies such as affirmative action, but real programmes that can tangibly benefit the beneficiaries. Top

The CHILDREN of our nation derserve our protection, our cherishing and our guidance. If we fail to protect those who need us th emost, then we have failed our entire nation. The fact that there are so many marginilised, homeless and destitute children in South AFrica, is an insult to those who fought so hard to bring about our freedoms. The CDA pledges to make every effort to provide basic shelter, nourishment, eductaion and opprotunity to every single child. We promise to deal severely with those who would compromise this and cause harm to our children. And in this, we include the most helpless of all - the unborn. We fully support the introduction of an public sexual offenders list and consider the abuse and sexual exploitation of children despicable. Linked to our economic development programme to assist families, we will ensure every child is clothed, fed and educated. We vow to fight on until their is not one emepty belly at a school desk. Not one shivering child walking home. Top

Our CULTURAL GROUPS within South Africa, make up the rich tapestry that is this beautiful country of ours. A colourful blend of cultures and diversity that provides the potential to be a model of unity and excellence for the world. A potential that has been wasted and abused by those who wish to divide us. We are painted with large immigrant propulations such as the Indian, Chinese and Portugeuse communities. Decorated with many language groups such as the Afrikaner, that forms such a large part of our heritage and development. Highlighted with many unique tribal groups such as the Khoisan and the Pedi, who bring with them customs and ways guaranteed to enrich our lives. But we are all one. One people before God. One people as citizens of our nation, One people in the right to practice our culture, our language, our uniqueness. The CDA will fight to defend this oneness. We will fight to defend our unity. We reject the concept of race in it's entirety. We reject that any group is more superior or inferior to another. Or that we must be seperated in homelands, volkstate or by any other means. We commit to the protection of language and cultural rights within the framework of being one nation. Top