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.

ActionSA is outraged by the tragic loss of 9 South African soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), who died under-resourced and outgunned, while Minister of Defence and Military Veterans Angie Motshekga has spent over R10.4 million on luxury travel in just four months.

ActionSA congratulates our Youth Forum and Newcastle Councillor, Zwe Nxumalo, on his election as the Chief Whip of the Newcastle Council last Friday.

ActionSA is appalled that Julius Sebolai Primary School in Bram Fischerville, Soweto – a non-Section 21 school – is forced to spend R8 000 every two days just to keep lights on at the school.

ActionSA is considering legal action in response to President Ramaphosa’s enactment of the Expropriation Bill. We believe this is yet another example of the ANC’s relentless push for destructive policies, enabled by the ongoing capitulation of its GNU partners on critical matters that threaten the future of South Africa.

ActionSA has demanded a retraction and apology from journalist Pieter-Louis Myburgh for his deliberate misrepresentation of our statement released yesterday regarding allegations of impropriety levelled against Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Dean Macpherson, whose suspension we called for pending the outcome of investigations into serious allegations of criminal and unethical conduct.

In what can be only described as a marathon case fraught with emotions, the High Court in Johannesburg today hammered the gavel and sealed the fate of the accused, Mark Brian Harvey.

ActionSA Gauteng together with ActionSA Joburg Region are deeply concerned and worried about the state of the province’s and municipal roads, particularly the dysfunctional traffic lights.