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Political party in South Africa From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Build One South Africa (BOSA), officially registered as Build One South Africa With Mmusi Maimane,[3] is a South African political party. It is led by Mmusi Maimane, the leader of the One SA Movement and the former leader of the Democratic Alliance. BOSA secured two parliamentary seats in the National Assembly at the 2024 National and Provincial Elections.
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History
The party was launched on 24 September 2022 in Naledi, Soweto.[4] The deputy leader is Nobuntu Hlazo-Webster, founder and convener of the South African Women’s Commission. The chairperson of the party is the current Nelson Mandela Bay deputy mayor Mkhuseli Jack.
The party contested its first by-election in October 2023, winning 1% of the vote in the ward one election in Sol Plaatje Local Municipality.[5]
The party contested the 2024 general election as an "umbrella organisation" for independent candidates.[6] Maimane stood as the party's presidential candidate in the elections.[7] The party received around 0.4% of the national vote in the election.[8]
On 5 October 2025, the party announced its merger with Good and Rise Mzansi to form Unite for Change, a new party that will be registered to contest the 2026 municipal elections. Build One South Africa will continue to exist independently until the 2029 national elections, after which it will fully merge into the new party.[9]
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Election results
National Assembly elections
- From 2024, seats in the National Assembly are determined by a combination of the national ballot, and the nine regional ballots. Only the national ballot figures are shown here.
National Council of Provinces elections
Provincial elections
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References
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