Today, ActionSA launched what we believe will be a game-changer in South African politics.

Last week the Executive Mayor of Tshwane, Randall Williams, declined an invitation to appear before the Hammanskraal Water Inquiry.

Last Thursday 8 April 2021’s detestable burning and destruction of the camping settlement outside Lily Mine where the families of Pretty Nkambule, Solomon Nyerende, and Yvonne Mnisi have been living since 30 April 2019 because they seek justice for their children have sent excruciating shivers down my spine.

ActionSA notes blatant lies by the Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with disabilies Maite Nkoana-Mashabane when she said that the NYDA is not an employment agency for those who are politically connected. Minister made this demonstrably false claim in a recent Parliamentary reply.

The ActionSA Senate, the party’s highest decision-making body, has concluded a 2-day meeting that has finalised its 2021 local government election strategy.

Following our visit this morning with the bereaved Newlands family who blame the eThekwini Municipality for the death of their mother, Rosemary Frank, ActionSA has resolved to assist the family in their pursuit of legal action against eThekwini.

The Hammanskraal Water Crisis Panel has issued an invitation to the Mayor of Tshwane to appear before a public hearing to account for the ongoing water crisis in the area.

While Makhubo would like to make this about corruption, to distract Johannesburg residents from the fact that the Mayor should be serving a 15-year jail sentence for corruption, the facts do not support this claim.

We would like it noted, without ambiguity, that ActionSA responded to the EFF’s invitation to join this engagement, by making it clear that we remain absolutely against any effort to delay the local government elections scheduled for later this year.