In the heart of South Africa lies Mpumalanga, a province brimming with natural beauty, economic promise, and untapped human potential.

Nine years ago, during a public visit to Alexandra Township as part of the Democratic Alliance (DA)’s 2016 campaign trail, I was told about the plight of the family of the late Jappie Vilankulu, a young man who had been killed by apartheid police on June 17, 1976.

With the GNU having been in office for one year this week, and ahead of ActionSA’s evaluation of the GNU’s performance next week, I engaged young South Africans in the streets of the inner city of Joburg about their perceptions of change in the country under the GNU.

Infrastructure development is a crucial cog in any economy, more so in the context of the sluggish economic growth, housing backlog, inadequate facilities in healthcare and educational institutions that Gauteng is faced with.

Remarks by ActionSA’s Member of the Standing Committee on Finance, Alan Beesley MP, during the National Assembly’s consideration of the 2025 Fiscal Framework, held today at the CTICC.

ActionSA extends its heartfelt condolences to the families of the nine people who tragically lost their lives following heavy rains and flash floods that swept across the OR Tambo District in the Eastern Cape.

As South Africa approaches the one-year anniversary of the formation of the Government of National Unity (GNU), ActionSA has launched a series of engagements to mark this milestone by listening to the lived experiences of South Africans from all walks of life.

ActionSA has noted the tabling of a motion of no confidence against the Speaker in the City of Tshwane by the Democratic Alliance as a desperate bid to destabilise a city that is starting to demonstrate progress and stability.

ActionSA once again reaffirms its urgent call for the protection and continued operation of the Skukuza Regional Court, a critical institution in the fight against wildlife crime in South Africa.

ActionSA expresses outrage at the receipt of a parliamentary reply that was four months late from the Minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, who has brazenly evaded public accountability by dubiously submitting her travel expenses to the Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence — a secretive committee closed to both the public and the broader Parliament.

ActionSA notes the recent statement issued by the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA), in which it dismisses allegations of collusion with Mangaung’s power utility, CENTLEC, as “false and baseless.”

ActionSA expresses deep concern over the conduct of the Mpumalanga Executive following the disappointing start to the 2025 Youth Parliament proceedings.

ActionSA notes with deep concern the ongoing developments in the case of Moroadi Cholota, following confirmation by her legal representative that she may consider suing the South African government over an allegedly unlawful attempt to extradite her from the United States.

ActionSA calls for the immediate removal of Adv Shamila Batohi as the National Director of Public Prosecutions and demands a full parliamentary inquiry into the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA)’s ongoing prosecutorial failures and the extent to which political interference has infected its operations.

ActionSA has dispatched a letter to Advocate Shamila Batohi, National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP), reminding the National Prosecutions Authority (NPA) to act on the findings of the October 2023 Inquest on the deaths of mine workers, Solomon Emmanuel Nyirenda, Yvonne Mnisi, and Pretty Kambule, who tragically lost their lives following a 2016 mine accident that, facts showed, could have been avoided.