ActionSA is deeply concerned by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa’s (NERSA) decision to approve Eskom’s Sixth Multi-Year Price Determination revenue application for the next three financial years. These tariff increases—12.74% for 2025/26, 5.36% for 2026/27, and 6.19% for 2027/28—are lower than Eskom’s original request but remain well above the current inflation rate of 3%. For struggling households and businesses, these increases will be devastating.

ActionSA is outraged by the latest Auditor-General’s (A-G) report, which paints a bleak picture of governance in eThekwini and confirms what residents have long known—the Municipality is failing dismally.

ActionSA is pleased to report that the political management committee of the Government of Local Unity in the City of Johannesburg has agreed to halt implementation of the council resolution pending a process to find consensus on the matter.

ActionSA is outraged by the ongoing sewerage crisis in Durban’s Umgeni River and Blue Lagoon, which has subjected residents to a double punishment—first by forcing them to endure hazardous living conditions, and second by making them pay for the municipality’s incompetence through heavy fines.

ActionSA welcomes the swift arrests of two suspects in connection with the torching of 51 Putco buses in Mpumalanga.

ActionSA Rand West outraged and disappointed by the municipality’s lack of transparency and accountability in addressing critical service delivery issues. The latest tragedy, where a child fell into a manhole and lost their life in Ext 11, is a stark reminder of the municipality’s negligence and failure to deliver on its promises.

ActionSA welcomes the successful submission of the general valuation roll for 2025-2029. The general valuation roll deals with the valuation of residents properties every 5 years, which determines the amount of rates and taxes are due to the municipality.

ActionSA Gauteng Youth Forum welcomes the recent court judgment declaring certain aspects of the Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant regulations unconstitutional and invalid. This landmark ruling is a victory for the most vulnerable members of our society, who have been struggling and denied accessing this vital support.

ActionSA welcomes the long-overdue authorisation by President Cyril Ramaphosa for an investigation into major tenders from 2018 and 2019 at the corruption-stricken KwaDukuza Municipality. 

ActionSA expresses outrage following a briefing by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) before Parliament, revealing egregious levels of corruption, mismanagement and wasteful expenditure that have turned Denel into a cesspool of incompetence and theft, leaving this critical national security asset defunct.

ActionSA’s Tshwane Caucus applauds the Tshwane Metro Police Department (TMPD) for their successful enforcement operations conducted on 24 January 2025. These operations, carried out in partnership with other law enforcement agencies, show a clear commitment to reclaiming our city by enforcing laws and creating safer, more orderly communities.

The ActionSA Gauteng Caucus, together with the ActionSA Caucus in the City of Ekurhuleni, today conducted an oversight visit to Tembisa Ward 102 to assess the issue of poor infrastructure related to a bridge in the Kaalspruit River.

ActionSA can reveal, in a reply to our parliamentary question, that the Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC), Parks Tau, and his deputy have spent an astonishing R9.5 million on travel expenses in the short few months following their appointment in July 2024.

ActionSA has written to the MEC for Education, Mr Sipho Hlomuka, expressing our deep concerns about the appalling conditions at Mbandleni Primary School in KwaNongoma, Ward 22, under the iMona Circuit, following our oversight visit conducted yesterday after countless engagements with the school’s SGB.

ActionSA has written to the Magistrates Commission requesting an urgent investigation into the potentially nefarious conduct of several courtrooms at the Lenasia, Kliptown, and Protea Courts in Johannesburg.