"We have launched the first Direct Democracy platform in South Africa, allowing voters to choose candidates that will serve them, and not us."
Our system is disrupting the political landscape in South Africa by ensuring that our candidates are directly accountable to their communities first, and ActionSA second. This is in stark contrast to established political parties in South Africa that decide on candidates based on their political connections and other nefarious ties.
South African income inequality is amongst the highest in the world. Half of South Africa’s adult population lives below the poverty line, 39.7% of working-age South Africans are without employment, and only four out of ten South Africans under 35 are employed. This, in no uncertain terms, is a national crisis and urgent action is non-negotiable.
The architects of Apartheid reprehensibly constructed the classification of people into race groups, and the legacy of that racial classification remains a significant determinant in an individual’s economic and social prospects in South Africa today.
South Africa remains one of the most unequal countries in the world. The post-democratic government has not only failed to address the painful legacy of our past, but has in fact deepened inequality.
ActionSA’s legal team has written to the Provincial Commissioner of the South African Police Services in Mpumalanga, demanding answers as to why Kaizer Gwebu continues to be out on bail while having violated the terms of his parole.
With the easing of lockdown restrictions at the beginning of the year, I have been able to spend more time engaging with fellow South Africans in communities across Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape.
ActionSA contends that political parties that are launched between national and provincial elections are prejudiced when proceeds of the MPDF are distributed to their competitors. It should be noted that political parties represented in legislatures already receive billons of rands in taxpayer funding. ActionSA does not believe that political parties should be funded by either the South African taxpayer or the IEC.
