Maimane: 4IR not just electronic devices
Founder of Movement for One South Africa (MOSA) Mmusi Maimane says including children in the Fourth Industrial Revolution goes beyond merely handing them iPads.
Speaking at the Cape Town Press Club, the former Democratic Alliance (DA) leader says his new movement will be grounded on principles of the Freedom Charter.
Maimane resigned from the opposition party in October last year after former leader Helen Zille was elected as the head of the party’s federal council.
He believes the newly established movement will disrupt the political landscape of the country.
Maimane says his movement will have a contract between the voter and the elected person.
"This movement will offer a contract. it will give a contract to citizens and to the person they elect to make it possible that they will advocate for a number of crucial things. they will fight to make sure that one-day unemployment reduces and that we build an inclusive future for all South Africans.
"Our economic vision is that South Africa no longer has to talk about load shedding but it becomes a country whose energy generation is for all the continent, not just the country."
He says the so-called fourth industrial revolution is not handing children electronic devices but teaching them how the device can improve their lives.
"You are not fighting for the job with the person next to you you are competing for a job with a person in China and Bangladesh. We need to get on to the business of working hard.
"I'm sure next week will reiterate the priorities and say we want our kids by the age of 10 to read for meaning, no, you must be coding for the future. That's what our kids need.
"It's not giving them an iPad that makes them citizens of the fourth industrial revolution it's actually saying how do you interpret that so you can work better in that world."