Category: Media Statements

These remarks were delivered this morning in Soweto by ActionSA President and Johannesburg Mayoral Candidate, Herman Mashaba.

ActionSA stands ready for its announcement of a Joburg Mayoral Candidate tomorrow, Saturday, 21 February 2026, in Orlando, Soweto.

ActionSA is deeply concerned by the unsafe and deteriorating conditions at Mzinti Primary School in Mpumalanga, which were observed during an oversight visit conducted by the Provincial Legislature’s Portfolio Committee on Education on Friday, 13 February 2026.

ActionSA condemns the Government of National Unity (GNU) for its continued failure to support South African SMMEs, township entrepreneurs, and informal traders, a failure that has resulted in nearly 300,000 informal-sector workers losing their jobs in the fourth quarter of 2025 alone, along with the dignity and livelihoods they provide.

ActionSA has made its submission to the Revised White Paper on Citizenship, Immigration and Refugee Protection, anchored on ending the widespread abuse of South Africa’s immigration regime and ensuring that the urgent overhaul prioritises the rights, security and interests of South African citizens.

On Monday, 16 February 2026, ActionSA’s Central Candidate Selection Committee (CSC) will meet to finalise its selection of a Johannesburg mayoral candidate, ahead of the announcement set for Saturday, 21 February 2026.

After the first full year of the Government of National Unity (GNU), the President has heeded several of ActionSA’s calls for key reforms, reversing the pattern set in his previous nine SONAs, which were characterised entirely by fanciful tales and rehashed broken promises.

Today is a very special day for me. The plight of young people in our country is not something I observe from a distance. It is something I have lived alongside.
I have seen what it means for capable, determined young people to stand ready to work, yet remain excluded from opportunity.