Stopping the VAT Hike: A Responsible, Practical Alternative
From the outset, ActionSA has fiercely opposed any increase in VAT and the stealth tax of personal income tax bracket creep.
From the outset, ActionSA has fiercely opposed any increase in VAT and the stealth tax of personal income tax bracket creep.
ActionSA celebrates a major victory today in our ongoing fight for a fair and responsible fiscal framework, that protects every South African from excessive taxation and worsening economic pressures.
ActionSA met with the ANC on Sunday evening, 30 March 2025, to discuss the approach to the 2025/26 national budget, which we centred on ensuring it protects every South African from excessive taxation, worsening economic pressures, and declining service delivery.
ActionSA is horrified and outraged by reports of the brutal rape of a 7-year-old girl at Bergview College in the Eastern Cape. This appalling act of violence is a chilling reminder of the moral decay plaguing our society.
ActionSA Women’s Forum strongly condemns the horrific molestation of a 7-year-old girl on the premises of Matatiele’s Bergville College. We stand in unwavering support of calls for justice for young Cwecwe and demand that the perpetrators of this heinous crime be brought to book with the harshest possible sentence possible.
ActionSA welcomes the City of Tshwane’s Draft Medium-Term Revenue and Expenditure Framework for 2025/26, which takes a responsible approach to financial sustainability while prioritizing critical service delivery and infrastructure development.
The reason why the GNU is nearly nine months into its existence without a single noteworthy reform addressing the greatest challenges facing South Africans, is because there was never an understanding of mutually agreed reforms underpinning the arrangement. The GNU was a power-sharing arrangement and not a shared programme of action responding to the most pressing needs of South Africans.
ActionSA applauds, with deep concern, the judgement handed down by the Gauteng High Court to interdict the Provincial Health Department from using the R250m which was allocated to address the backlog of cancer patients’ treatment.
Yesterday, ActionSA’s Parliamentary Chief Whip, Lerato Ngobeni MP, wrote to Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber, urging him to reject the citizenship application of Mr Phil Craig, a British national and permanent resident of South Africa.
The DA’s hypocrisy about caring for ordinary South Africans was exposed today when Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana revealed the DA’s role in pushing tor personal income tax bracket creep, yet another burden on hard-working South Africans, who are already expected to pay for government corruption, incompetence, and waste.
The City of Johannesburg faces significant financial and social challenges due to numerous infrastructure projects that remain incomplete or unused such as the Johannesburg International Transport Interchange.
In 2024, 23 children tragically lost their lives due to food-borne poisoning after consuming food purchased from spaza shops owned by undocumented immigrants.
ActionSA is concerned with the proposed tariffs tabled by the City of Joburg for noting in Council. Whilst this critical exercise plays a role in the smooth running of the City, we strongly believe that the residents of Johannesburg must air their views on this matter through the Integrated Development Plan (IDP) which will commence in Region C on the 29th of March under the stewardship of Speaker of Council, Cllr Nobuhle Mthembu.
The City of Tshwane’s draft budget, recently tabled for public comment by ActionSA Mayor Dr Nasiphi Moya and her multi-party coalition, marks a pivotal shift from the failed practices of previous administrations.
On Thursday, 27 March 2025 the Executive Mayor of the City of Ekurhuleni Nkosingiphile Xhakaza delivered the State of the City Address (SOCA).