ActionSA thanks former City of Johannesburg mayor Mpho Phalatse for her service to the people of Johannesburg, helping to bring change to the more than five million people of the city who voted to keep the ANC out in the 2021 elections.

ActionSA is extremely proud of the work its MMCs and caucuses did in the cities of Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni and Tshwane in the little more than a year that we have been in government, where work was well underway to deliver on the promises made in our 2021 Local Government Election Manifesto to fix our cities.

Following further negotiations yesterday between the Patriotic Alliance and the governing coalition in Johannesburg ActionSA can confirm that talks have failed, and the multi-party coalition will face motions of no confidence without the majority to defend Mayor Mpho Phalatse.

ActionSA is extremely concerned by the apparent overreach by the City of Ekurhuleni Speaker of Council, Cllr Raymond Dlamini, who attempted to block a motion of no confidence in himself and the whip of the council, Keta Shandu.

During the last week, negotiations to restore the majority of the governing multi-party coalition in Johannesburg reached a point at which a deal was accepted by the Patriotic Alliance. This deal would have restored the majority of the coalition in Johannesburg that would have kept the ANC out in South Africa’s economic capital and, most likely, the EFF out in Ekurhuleni.

While Gauteng and the rest of South Africa battle a wave of gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF), it is deeply concerning that centres such as the Provincial Government-owned Centre for Abused Women & Children in Marshalltown, Johannesburg, has been hijacked by foreign nationals.

ActionSA North West is angered by the theft of two 10 000 Litre Jojo Tanks in Ward 3 in Disaneng Village in Ratlou Local Municipality.

Millions seem to have disappeared in the budget of Ehlanzeni District Municipality allocated to build a sports facility at Schoemansdal in Mpumalanga.

In a country throttled by crime and corruption, it is frustrating to see prominent political figures get away with looting state resources. A sitting Premier and a former Premier of the Eastern Cape are alleged to have benefited improperly from the province’s initiatives to honour the late struggle icons from the province, President Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela.