ActionSA notes with outrage, but not surprise, the latest attempt by the Executive Mayor of Ekurhuleni, Cllr Nkosindiphile Xhakaza (ANC), to shift the blame for the punitive R126 fixed electricity surcharge onto the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA). The Mayor claims the surcharge was “prescribed” by NERSA.

Today, ActionSA’s long-awaited court action commenced, with our legal team taking the eThekwini Municipality, the KZN Provincial Government and the GNU to task for their collective failure to address the ongoing eThekwini sewage crisis.

In yet another display of political expediency over principle, the Democratic Alliance (DA) has today voted to support the Budget Vote 33 of corruption-accused Human Settlements Minister, Thembi Simelane, a budget that is itself fraught with serious concerns.

Remarks delivered by ActionSA’s Member of the Standing Committee on Finance, Alan Beesley MP, during the National Assembly’s consideration of the Appropriation Bill.

Gross negligence by the Merafong municipality led to the untimely and preventable death of Mr. Anele Mnqayi, a resident of Khutsong, whose life was tragically cut short after the vehicle he was travelling in plunged into an unmarked culvert on Wedela Road.

The ActionSA Johannesburg Caucus notes with serious concern recent reports involving the Member of the Mayoral Committee (MMC) for Transport, Cllr Kenny Kunene, and his presence at the residence of an individual accused of orchestrating the murder of DJ Sumbody.

Despite the formation of the Government of National Unity and the KZN Government of Provincial Unity over a year ago, the eThekwini Sewage Crisis has gotten worse.

ActionSA welcomes the decision by the Executive Mayor of Ekurhuleni to suspend the controversial fixed electricity surcharge following public outrage and violent protests in Tembisa.

ActionSA welcomes the eventual and long overdue suspension of the dodgy South Gauteng Director of Public Prosecutions, Andrew Chauke, following our sustained pressure on the President to stop dragging his feet and act against Chauke who sits at the centre of several maliciously botched prosecutions.

ActionSA welcomes the removal of Dr. Nobuhle Nkabane as Minister of Higher Education following a year marked by failure, scandal and neglect.

ActionSA is deeply saddened and angered by the horrific shooting that claimed the lives of six people in Olievenhoutbosch. What happened at that tavern is not just a tragedy, it is a clear sign of the growing lawlessness that continues to plague our communities.

The City of Ekurhuleni is facing an unprecedented crisis due to the Department of Community Services MMC Bridget Thusi’s delay in appointing pauper and indigent burial services providers, leaving the city unable to assist vulnerable families with funeral costs during a time of need.

ActionSA has formally written to Mpumalanga Premier Mandla Ndlovu to seek a detailed disclosure of the government’s reported process to recover the bodies of the Lily Mine workers – Yvonne Mnisi, Pretty Nkambule, and Solomon Nyerende – who were trapped underground since the mine collapsed in 2016.

ActionSA welcomes the successful removal of about 300 illegal squatters from Wolwespruit wetland near Solomon Mahlangu Drive and Delmas Road this past weekend.

Granny Flora is 80 years old. She lives on a pension and pays over R2,000 every month just to keep her lights on. She’s not running a factory. She’s not wasting electricity.