Remarks by ActionSA Parliamentary Leader, Athol Trollip MP during today’s parliamentary debate on the casualties incurred by the SANDF in the DRC.
ActionSA strongly condemns the Free State Provincial Government’s blatant financial mismanagement, which has resulted in the disconnection of electricity to key government buildings by CENTLEC due to unpaid bills.
ActionSA will be writing to the Minister of Employment and Labour, Nomakhosazana Meth, demanding urgent intervention in the rampant corruption and mismanagement plaguing the Compensation Fund and the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF).
Just three days ago, ActionSA and various other political, religious, and community formations joined the Nkambule, Mnisi, and Nyirenda families to commemorate the 9h anniversary of the Lily Mone tragedy. Also present was a representative of the local Chief, HRH Prince TS Dlamini, who passionately related the prince’s frustration over lack of progress in the retrieval of the container so that the bereaved families can finally start the journey towards closure. He also described the misleading duplicity by politicians and mine owners, as well as their lack of will to do what is right.
Yet again, President Cyril Ramaphosa has failed to seize the moment. His State of the Nation Address was nothing more than a rehash of empty promises — white papers, strategies, websites, new funding models, and grand plans or rather more plans about plans.
Trade, Industry, and Competition Minister Parks Tau’s proposal for yet another “transformation fund” has reignited a long-standing debate about the effectiveness of South Africa’s Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) framework.
Remarks by ActionSA President Herman Mashaba during his Pre-SONA Address ahead of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s 2025 State of the Nation Address.
ActionSA is appalled by the recent revelation in an interview that the Minister of Monitoring, Evaluation and Planning has struck a backroom “deal” with the leader of the DA to supposedly
ActionSA has written to the KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Health, requesting urgent oversight visits to various healthcare facilities across the province to assess the crisis of medication shortages.
ActionSA has written to the Speaker of Parliament to request an urgent parliamentary debate on the shocking reality that thousands of qualified medical doctors and other frontline medical professionals remain unemployed while South Africa’s public healthcare system suffers from severe staff shortages.
ActionSA welcomes the recent landmark ruling by the High Court in the Social Relief of Distress (SRD) Grant case.
Following the deaths and hospitalisation of schoolchildren due to food poisoning last year, ActionSA Gauteng had made submissions to the provincial authorities to close foreign-owned spaza shops, pending a compliance audit.
Mismanagement in South Africa’s higher education system—especially within the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS)—is stripping our country’s students of their dignity.
The Office of the Executive Mayor is pleased to announce the appointment of Samkelo Mgobozi as Divisional Head: Mayoral Public Affairs and Media Relations.
ActionSA notes with concern the reckless remarks made by US President Donald Trump threatening punitive measures against South Africa for what he claims to be widespread land confiscations and human rights violations.
