ActionSA has learnt with great shock and sadness of the tragic passing of Prince Mbongiseni Milton Zulu who was shot and killed near KwaNongoma, KwaZulu-Natal.

ActionSA in the Northern Cape will lay a complaint at the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) over the inhumane health services provided to the community of Postmasburg, a roughly 200km drive from Kimberley.

ActionSA supported the approval of a Short-Term Debt Facility for the 2022/2023 Financial Year in council on Thursday, in accordance with section 45 of the Municipal Finance Management Act (MFMA), (Act no. 56 of 2003).

In a move to align the City of Tshwane with the National imperatives embedded in the constitution, ActionSA fought for the inclusion of languages spoken by the majority of residents – including sign-language – in the city’s language policy.

ActionSA is pleased to announce the swearing in of our KZN Provincial Chairperson, Zwakele Mncwango, as a PR Councillor in the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality.

ActionSA notes today’s decision by the South African Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (“MPC”) to raise the interest by a further 75 basis points.

ActionSA is pleased that the Motion of No Confidence (MONC) in the City of Johannesburg Executive Mayor Dr Mpho Phalatse failed, ensuring continuation of the Multi-Party Coalition and service delivery to the City’s more than six million residents continue. 

ActionSA is pleased to welcome Mpho Steve Baloyi as a new Councillor to our City of Tshwane caucus, where he will help to drive our commitment to a pro-poor governance.

ActionSA welcomes the tabling of the long-awaited report into the feasibility of insourcing cleaners and security guards at the City of Ekurhuleni today, in line with ActionSA’s election promise to insource contracted workers in municipalities.

ActionSA believes the recent cabinet reshuffle by North West Premier, Bushy Maape, is not intended to improve service delivery, but instead to make way for recently elected ANC Chairperson, Nono Maloyi, who was recently appointed as a member of the Provincial Legislature (MPL).

It is with extreme elation that ActionSA in Limpopo welcomes the arrest of the ANC Mayor of Sekhukhune District Municipality and former Municipal Manager of Elias Motsoaledi, who were arrested this morning in Groblersdal in connection with the VBS scandal.

ActionSA notes the abysmal second quarter crime statistics as released earlier today by the Minister of Police, Bheki Cele.

ActionSA today met with the Speaker of Tshwane, Cllr Murunwa Makwarela, and handed over a complaint detailing the alleged contraventions of the code of conduct levelled against Executive Mayor, Randall Williams.

ActionSA notes with great concern the water losses experienced by the eThekwini Municipality reaching up to an astounding 56% of all tap water it buys – mostly from leaks and water theft, which costs eThekwini close to R5 million a day.

ActionSA is concerned about the indifference of the Tarkastad Police Station’s leadership to the neglect what is a notoriously scarce resource in the Eastern Cape.