ActionSA urges the National Police Commissioner to ensure that the SAPS prioritises the swift finalisation of all outstanding forensic reports, so that justice is neither delayed nor denied in the tragic case of Jayden-Lee Meek.
ActionSA notes with outrage, but not surprise, the latest attempt by the Executive Mayor of Ekurhuleni, Cllr Nkosindiphile Xhakaza (ANC), to shift the blame for the punitive R126 fixed electricity surcharge onto the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA). The Mayor claims the surcharge was “prescribed” by NERSA.
Today, ActionSA’s long-awaited court action commenced, with our legal team taking the eThekwini Municipality, the KZN Provincial Government and the GNU to task for their collective failure to address the ongoing eThekwini sewage crisis.
In yet another display of political expediency over principle, the Democratic Alliance (DA) has today voted to support the Budget Vote 33 of corruption-accused Human Settlements Minister, Thembi Simelane, a budget that is itself fraught with serious concerns.
Remarks delivered by ActionSA’s Member of the Standing Committee on Finance, Alan Beesley MP, during the National Assembly’s consideration of the Appropriation Bill.
Gross negligence by the Merafong municipality led to the untimely and preventable death of Mr. Anele Mnqayi, a resident of Khutsong, whose life was tragically cut short after the vehicle he was travelling in plunged into an unmarked culvert on Wedela Road.
The ActionSA Johannesburg Caucus notes with serious concern recent reports involving the Member of the Mayoral Committee (MMC) for Transport, Cllr Kenny Kunene, and his presence at the residence of an individual accused of orchestrating the murder of DJ Sumbody.
Despite the formation of the Government of National Unity and the KZN Government of Provincial Unity over a year ago, the eThekwini Sewage Crisis has gotten worse.
ActionSA welcomes the decision by the Executive Mayor of Ekurhuleni to suspend the controversial fixed electricity surcharge following public outrage and violent protests in Tembisa.
