Yesterday, ActionSA’s Senate concluded a three-day strategic planning session focusing on the forthcoming local government elections anticipated next year.
The session considered political, economic and social developments across the country, noting in particular the instability arising from the Government of National Unity (GNU). With Budget 3.0 appearing likely to collapse later this month, resulting in a budget crisis, ActionSA has noted that the GNU is fast becoming the very doomsday coalition it claimed to prevent.
The breaking news of the revelations from KwaZulu-Natal Provincial SAPS Commissioner, General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, regarding the investigation of Police Minister Senzo Mchunu, was considered by ActionSA’s Senate. The record of General Mkhwanazi in KZN speaks for itself, and ActionSA has concluded that it will not stand by while another dedicated SAPS leader is victimised for investigating senior political figures and corrupt individuals in our country.
The role of ActionSA MPs was noted and applauded, as the Party has become the unofficial opposition in the South African Parliament in the face of a dysfunctional GNU and disoriented opposition parties. An exciting raft of private members’ legislation from ActionSA will present solutions to issues of governance, bloated cabinets and the fight against corruption.
The Senate engaged at length with its own polling, as well as that of other organisations, which has demonstrated a recovery of the Party following the disappointing 2024 election result. It is evident that South Africans are responding to ActionSA’s role as an unofficial opposition, the work ethic of the Party on national issues since the election, and the powerful example being set by ActionSA’s Tshwane Mayor, Dr Nasiphi Moya, in the City of Tshwane.
The Party deliberated extensively on the reality that the collapse of basic service delivery infrastructure now stands as the most important issue to South Africans, alongside unemployment and the economy. ActionSA considered the failures in electricity, water, sanitation and road networks in an increasing number of municipalities, alongside the decline of accountable and ethical governance.
In this regard, ActionSA has resolved to position the Party with a strong focus on delivering frontline basic services to all residents in municipalities. This resolution reflects the reality that no other political parties are adequately responding to the increasingly desperate call from South Africans for reliable basic services above any other form of politics.
In this respect, ActionSA has concluded that it stands apart from nearly all other new parties by virtue of leadership such as Herman Mashaba, Dr Nasiphi Moya, and Athol Trollip, among many others, who have demonstrated a credible track record of delivering what South Africans need: the turnaround of broken municipalities. The Party will adopt an approach in which positive, solution-oriented campaign messaging forms the centrepiece of its election offering, because South Africans need leaders who have done it before.
In addition to the resolutions of ActionSA’s strategic planning session already outlined, the Party has also concluded on:
- A candidate selection framework that will prioritise community involvement in the selection of ward candidates with a track record of community service.
- Municipalities that the Party has earmarked for contestation in the local government elections, based on a variety of factors including the strength of ActionSA in these areas and the need to develop strategic footholds in every province. A key consideration in these choices was the identification of municipalities that cannot be governed without ActionSA’s support.
- An aggressive expansion of the Big Green Umbrella programme, aimed at assimilating locally based political parties and independent candidates to reduce ballot paper length and consolidate the alternative under ActionSA.
- A programme to professionalise ActionSA’s ground campaigns to effectively deliver campaign messaging to the doorsteps of South Africans in this election.
- The long-term development of the Party’s election monitoring capacity, in response to serious concerns about the IEC’s ability to safeguard the integrity of the voting, counting and results capturing process in general elections.
- In the face of a growing trend of politics based on lies, with daily campaigns aimed at discrediting ActionSA, the Party will focus on delivering ethical leadership and a positive, solution-based campaign, knowing that South Africans will reward parties who prioritise their needs.
- Noting the increasing trend of youth unemployment and disengagement from electoral processes, ActionSA will design a focused campaign to highlight these vital issues and offer young people a political home, in contrast to the old-age home of South African politics.
ActionSA shares these important developments as a public institution accountable to the South African people and will begin an extensive programme of taking this new strategic framework for the local government elections to its structures across the country.
It is clear that the systemic failure of local government politics across South Africa requires a credible alternative, and ActionSA will focus on a campaign that provides a positive offer for all South Africans.
ActionSA Concludes Exciting Local Government Election Strategic Plan
Yesterday, ActionSA’s Senate concluded a three-day strategic planning session focusing on the forthcoming local government elections anticipated next year.
The session considered political, economic and social developments across the country, noting in particular the instability arising from the Government of National Unity (GNU). With Budget 3.0 appearing likely to collapse later this month, resulting in a budget crisis, ActionSA has noted that the GNU is fast becoming the very doomsday coalition it claimed to prevent.
The breaking news of the revelations from KwaZulu-Natal Provincial SAPS Commissioner, General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, regarding the investigation of Police Minister Senzo Mchunu, was considered by ActionSA’s Senate. The record of General Mkhwanazi in KZN speaks for itself, and ActionSA has concluded that it will not stand by while another dedicated SAPS leader is victimised for investigating senior political figures and corrupt individuals in our country.
The role of ActionSA MPs was noted and applauded, as the Party has become the unofficial opposition in the South African Parliament in the face of a dysfunctional GNU and disoriented opposition parties. An exciting raft of private members’ legislation from ActionSA will present solutions to issues of governance, bloated cabinets and the fight against corruption.
The Senate engaged at length with its own polling, as well as that of other organisations, which has demonstrated a recovery of the Party following the disappointing 2024 election result. It is evident that South Africans are responding to ActionSA’s role as an unofficial opposition, the work ethic of the Party on national issues since the election, and the powerful example being set by ActionSA’s Tshwane Mayor, Dr Nasiphi Moya, in the City of Tshwane.
The Party deliberated extensively on the reality that the collapse of basic service delivery infrastructure now stands as the most important issue to South Africans, alongside unemployment and the economy. ActionSA considered the failures in electricity, water, sanitation and road networks in an increasing number of municipalities, alongside the decline of accountable and ethical governance.
In this regard, ActionSA has resolved to position the Party with a strong focus on delivering frontline basic services to all residents in municipalities. This resolution reflects the reality that no other political parties are adequately responding to the increasingly desperate call from South Africans for reliable basic services above any other form of politics.
In this respect, ActionSA has concluded that it stands apart from nearly all other new parties by virtue of leadership such as Herman Mashaba, Dr Nasiphi Moya, and Athol Trollip, among many others, who have demonstrated a credible track record of delivering what South Africans need: the turnaround of broken municipalities. The Party will adopt an approach in which positive, solution-oriented campaign messaging forms the centrepiece of its election offering, because South Africans need leaders who have done it before.
In addition to the resolutions of ActionSA’s strategic planning session already outlined, the Party has also concluded on:
ActionSA shares these important developments as a public institution accountable to the South African people and will begin an extensive programme of taking this new strategic framework for the local government elections to its structures across the country.
It is clear that the systemic failure of local government politics across South Africa requires a credible alternative, and ActionSA will focus on a campaign that provides a positive offer for all South Africans.