As the rainy season begins, ActionSA in Tshwane is deeply concerned about the Mamelodi flood victims who are being subjected to secondary victimisation by the City of Tshwane, which has failed to accelerate the relocation process even after our numerous calls to do so.
As the ActionSA Caucus in the Joburg Council, we are appalled at how the Speaker of Council dealt with Councillors who threw derogatory slurs at the Executive Mayor, Cllr Mpho Phalatse, and other women Councillors, at its 2nd Meeting held on Thursday, 02 December 2021.
ActionSA is pleased to inform residents that following the intervention by ActionSA and other parties, the Joburg Council has agreed to withdraw, from the Agenda of its 2nd Meeting held today, items on the establishment of its oversight committees.
The growing unemployment rate announced by StatSA is an indication of a growing crisis that demands urgent action.
ActionSA notes and applauds President Cyril Ramaphosa for not imposing further draconian restrictions on South Africans and our already battered economy.
ActionSA notes with concern that, in a move straight out of the handbook on wasting residents’ funds, the Speaker of the Joburg Council, Cllr Vasco Da Gama, has called a Council Meeting for this Thursday, 02 December 2021, to deal with essentially one item – the rendering of Acceptance Speech By the Executive Mayor after her election this past Monday.
ActionSA used our votes in councils yesterday to elect DA Mayors because the collapsing of coalition arrangements and refusal of the DA to negotiate meant the alternative would have been ANC governments in these cities.
While Mr Steenhuisen’s newfound respect for coalition parties is positive it is more likely the product of the DA finding itself leading minority coalition arrangements without agreements in place – exactly where it didn’t want to be.
We have done so reluctantly because of the arrogance with which the DA has ignored the wishes of all coalition partners and acted in a manner consistent with a party that did not want coalitions to work.
Today, ActionSA’s councillors have cast their votes for DA Mayoral Candidates in Johannesburg, Tshwane, Ekurhuleni and eThekwini. As a consequence, DA Mayors are likely to be elected in Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni and Tshwane.
We have done so reluctantly because of the arrogance with which the DA has ignored the wishes of all coalition partners and acted in a manner consistent with a party that did not want coalitions to work.
The multi-party group has no understanding of the DA’s intentions from this point on. It would seem that the DA will proceed to Council meetings next week without formal agreements with coalition partners that offer any comfort to the residents of these municipalities.
