Category: Media Statements

Open Letter by Herman Mashaba, ActionSA Johannesburg Mayoral Candidate, to Helen Zille.

ActionSA is deeply concerned by the disconnection of electricity at five schools in and around Eldorado Park. Five schools, including Kliptown Primary, Heerengracht Primary, Boekenhout Primary, Eldorado Park Secondary and Eldomaine High School, were disconnected on Friday due to arrear accounts.

ActionSA has concluded its critical three-day Senate Strategic Planning meeting, bringing together leaders from across South Africa to map out how we will deliver a focused and assertive election campaign that confronts the collapse of local government and failing service delivery.

ActionSA Gauteng Provincial Executive Committee (PEC) has resolved to terminate the membership of Kholofelo Morodi, following the conclusion of a disciplinary process arising from allegations linked to testimony before the Madlanga Commission.

ActionSA welcomes the action taken by our Tshwane Mayor, Dr Nasiphi Moya, to remove Kholofelo Morodi as a Member of the Mayoral Committee (MMC) with immediate effect, following the revelations arising from the Madlanga Commission last week.

South Africa’s public healthcare sector is in a state of deep and undeniable crisis – the findings of the Health Ombud confirm what patients, healthcare workers, and communities have been saying for years. There is a stark and unacceptable disparity in the quality of care provided to South Africans. Whether one is black, white, rich or poor – access to dignified, safe and effective healthcare remains unequal, inconsistent and in many cases dangerously inadequate.

ActionSA has formally lodged complaints with the Public Protector and Parliament’s Ethics Committee following serious allegations that senior Democratic Alliance (DA) public representatives have received additional “top-up” payments from the party in potential violation of the Constitution. 

By any objective measure, governing the City of Tshwane is not for the faint-hearted. It is a metro that has, for years, lurched from one political crisis to another, with coalitions collapsing, administrations reshuffled, and service delivery grinding under the weight of financial mismanagement and ageing infrastructure. Into this instability stepped Mayor Dr Nasiphi Moya in late 2024, inheriting a city in urgent need of repair.

ActionSA officially touched down in Beaufort West on Saturday, as it launched branches across all seven wards.