National Treasury’s decision to withhold funding from the City of Johannesburg should concern every South African, not only those who live in the city.

ActionSA welcomes National Treasury’s decision to temporarily withhold portions of the July 2026 Local Government Equitable Share from municipalities that have repeatedly failed to meet the financial management standards required by law.

ActionSA welcomes the Public Protector’s damning findings that the City of Cape Town, under successive DA administrations, systematically failed to provide adequate service delivery to the residents of Langa and Khayelitsha and is guilty of maladministration.

National Treasury’s decision to withhold equitable share payments to the City of Johannesburg is yet another indicator that highlights the compounding financial crisis that the city is plunged in.

ActionSA has approached the Information Regulator for access to crucial Phala Phala evidence that could potentially implicate President Cyril Ramaphosa in perjury.

ActionSA extends utmost appreciation and respect to South African Police Service Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. He continues to demonstrate exceptional courage, integrity, and commitment to the people of South Africa for his unrelenting resistance against corruption.

The City of Joburg stands at a defining moment in the lead up to the Local Government Elections in November 2026. Across the country, conversations about illegal immigration, crime, unemployment, service delivery failures and the rising cost of living have dominated headlines and dinner tables alike.

The people of Ekurhuleni are tired. Tired of crime, tired of drugs, and tired of a police service they no longer trust. If we are serious about taking back our city, then we must start with the institution that is meant to protect us.

ActionSA Johannesburg MMC Candidate for Finance, Mpumi Edward, demands that Thuso House be reopened immediately, after the Sheriff of the High Court reportedly attached the City of Johannesburg’s assets. This will ensure that operations continue at the City’s primary customer service walk-in centre, despite the action taken by the Sheriff, due to alleged failure to pay service providers.

ActionSA has filed formal financial misconduct charges against Rustenburg Municipal Manager, Advocate Ashmar Khuduge, after he attempted to push through a settlement that would have abandoned R203 million in recoveries and instead paid up to R55.8 million to companies whose contracts the High Court had already declared unlawful.

ActionSA Johannesburg MMC Candidate for Human Settlements, Zandile Dabula, is calling on residents to assist with protecting South Africa’s housing system by reporting suspected unlawful occupation of RDP houses by foreign nationals as they do not qualify under South African housing policies.

ActionSA is deeply concerned about the safety and well-being of learners from Manyeveni Skombantwana in the City of Mbombela, who are forced to walk more than five kilometres each day to attend the nearest primary school.

ActionSA has today written to the Speaker of the National Assembly and to the Chairpersons of every Portfolio Committee responsible for overseeing departments led by Democratic Alliance (DA) Ministers or Deputy Ministers, calling on Parliament to urgently investigate serious allegations concerning Resolve Communications’ access to members of the Executive.

ActionSA President, Herman Mashaba, paid a courtesy visit to the home of former Bafana Bafana Coach and living legend, Shakes Mashaba.

ActionSA welcomes the decision by the eThekwini Municipality to blacklist Madupha Business Enterprise, a supplier implicated by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) in its investigation into the Phoenix Infill Housing Programme.