In early June I promised South Africans that I would be posting each morning to highlight the local governance record of ActionSA leaders such as Herman Mashaba, Athol Trollip, and Nasiphi Moya.
Today marks 6 months since that promise was made – with 180 posts having been made, and the promise being kept.
South Africans have seen, each morning, how ActionSA’s leaders have made their municipalities safer, have delivered basic services to all, combatted corruption with real outcomes, and stabilised municipal finances, amongst a multitude of other achievements. The truth is that no other young political party can compete with this track record of fixing broken municipalities at a time when it is becoming clearer that our broken towns and cities arise from mismanagement from older political parties.
South Africans are despairing, and for good reason. Their municipalities are in a state of perpetual dysfunction – rubbish piles up, potholes dot their roads, water is lost to leaks, tariffs continue to skyrocket, all the while politicians appeared to be more interested in jockeying for positions than delivering for the electorate. It is in this climate that residents need to be reminded of the hope that once existed in municipalities such as Johannesburg and Nelson Mandela Bay through the respective mayoralties of Herman Mashaba and Athol Trollip.
But ActionSA does not have to just focus on the past record of its leaders, because there are leaders currently in office delivering the ActionSA difference. In South Africa’s capital, Dr. Nasiphi Moya has pulled the city back from the brink of collapse and is turning it into a beacon of local government. Finances have improved along with audit outcomes and credit ratings, jobs are being created, investment is rolling in, lawlessness is being combatted ruthlessly and services are improving to all of its residents.
ActionSA is determined that it will put forward a class of mayoral candidates in this next election that are game changing for South Africans. Already Xolani Khumalo is a clear statement of intent from ActionSA to put forward a candidate who will kick down the doors of corruption on lawlessness in the City of Ekurhuleni just like he has been doing for years in communities across the city. South Africans can look forward to more of this kind of candidate going forward.
This is the ActionSA difference that few other parties can offer leadership with this tried and tested ability to do the most important job that South Africans need in this next election – fix their broken municipalities. However, the message needs to ring out next year that, as a country, we always vote the way we have always voted, we will always suffer the way we have always suffered. It is time for South Africans to abandon political choices that have done nothing for them and try something new so that they can have the next Dr Nasiphi Moya, Xolani Khumalo, Herman Mashaba or Athol Trollip in their municipality.
The fact that these posts of proven governance successes of ActionSA leaders have continued 7 days a week over the past 6 months is itself a demonstration that ActionSA’s offer stands above others in this next election.
These daily posts will continue until the 2026 Local Government Election, not just because there are so many more stories to tell, but also because South Africans need to be given hope. They need to know that progress was made at some point, and that progress can happen again if ActionSA is given a firm mandate to govern in the municipalities it contests.
ActionSA Delivery Record: Daily Highlighting of Local Government Successes Reaches 6 Month Mark
In early June I promised South Africans that I would be posting each morning to highlight the local governance record of ActionSA leaders such as Herman Mashaba, Athol Trollip, and Nasiphi Moya.
Today marks 6 months since that promise was made – with 180 posts having been made, and the promise being kept.
South Africans have seen, each morning, how ActionSA’s leaders have made their municipalities safer, have delivered basic services to all, combatted corruption with real outcomes, and stabilised municipal finances, amongst a multitude of other achievements. The truth is that no other young political party can compete with this track record of fixing broken municipalities at a time when it is becoming clearer that our broken towns and cities arise from mismanagement from older political parties.
South Africans are despairing, and for good reason. Their municipalities are in a state of perpetual dysfunction – rubbish piles up, potholes dot their roads, water is lost to leaks, tariffs continue to skyrocket, all the while politicians appeared to be more interested in jockeying for positions than delivering for the electorate. It is in this climate that residents need to be reminded of the hope that once existed in municipalities such as Johannesburg and Nelson Mandela Bay through the respective mayoralties of Herman Mashaba and Athol Trollip.
But ActionSA does not have to just focus on the past record of its leaders, because there are leaders currently in office delivering the ActionSA difference. In South Africa’s capital, Dr. Nasiphi Moya has pulled the city back from the brink of collapse and is turning it into a beacon of local government. Finances have improved along with audit outcomes and credit ratings, jobs are being created, investment is rolling in, lawlessness is being combatted ruthlessly and services are improving to all of its residents.
ActionSA is determined that it will put forward a class of mayoral candidates in this next election that are game changing for South Africans. Already Xolani Khumalo is a clear statement of intent from ActionSA to put forward a candidate who will kick down the doors of corruption on lawlessness in the City of Ekurhuleni just like he has been doing for years in communities across the city. South Africans can look forward to more of this kind of candidate going forward.
This is the ActionSA difference that few other parties can offer leadership with this tried and tested ability to do the most important job that South Africans need in this next election – fix their broken municipalities. However, the message needs to ring out next year that, as a country, we always vote the way we have always voted, we will always suffer the way we have always suffered. It is time for South Africans to abandon political choices that have done nothing for them and try something new so that they can have the next Dr Nasiphi Moya, Xolani Khumalo, Herman Mashaba or Athol Trollip in their municipality.
The fact that these posts of proven governance successes of ActionSA leaders have continued 7 days a week over the past 6 months is itself a demonstration that ActionSA’s offer stands above others in this next election.
These daily posts will continue until the 2026 Local Government Election, not just because there are so many more stories to tell, but also because South Africans need to be given hope. They need to know that progress was made at some point, and that progress can happen again if ActionSA is given a firm mandate to govern in the municipalities it contests.