ActionSA is extremely disappointed and concerned with education MEC, Matome Chiloane’s, recent response to question number 5.ED0084, in which we enquired about the issues surrounding the recent ban on registered vendors in Gauteng schools, which was purportedly implemented in response to food poisoning incidents across the province. Based on the MEC’s response, it is unclear if the government would compensate the loss of income of registered vendors who were prohibited from selling in schools without following the necessary procedures.

ActionSA is deeply concerned by the Mpumalanga Provincial Government’s recent prioritisation of rescuing 150 illegal miners, commonly referred to as zama zamas, trapped in a disused mine in Sabie.

When ActionSA entered Parliament earlier this year, we committed to being a constructive opposition focused on fixing South Africa and as we conclude the Adjustment Appropriation Bill process – voting on amendments to the national budget – our actions affirm our dedication to this mandate.

On Tuesday, 3 December, the City of Ekurhuleni held a special City Planning Section 79 Committee meeting to consider a new Spaza Policy for Ekurhuleni.

Crime and Community Safety is a critical issue that affects us all, in Gauteng, the home of over 15 million people, whose safety and security is the responsibility of our government.

ActionSA welcomes the Public Protector’s investigation into the complaint we filed on 26 August against former Justice Minister and now hastily appointed Human Settlements Minister, Thembi Simelane, concerning allegations of corrupt transactions linked to the collapse of VBS Bank.

ActionSA Gauteng welcomes the notable reduction in crime in Gauteng, as reported by the Provincial Police Commissioner, Lieutenant Tommy Mthombeni.

ActionSA is extremely disappointed at the glaring failures of the Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport (DRT) in the 2023/2024 fiscal year.

The fact that the Department spent R61,313,517,000 (98.1%) of the R62,502,360,000 allocated budget tor the 2023/24 tinancial year, underspending R1,188,843,000 (1.9%) in a province besieged by numerous health constraints is deeply concerning.

ActionSA rejects President Ramaphosa’s last-ditch cowardly Cabinet reshuffle, appointing the disgraced Minister Thembi Simelane as Minister of Human Settlements amid increasing pressure over mounting allegations of corruption that have rendered her continued leadership of the justice department wholly untenable.

The Western Cape Department of Education (WCED) and SITA are behaving like Pontius Pilate – indecisive, dismissive, and unwilling to act on blatant corruption.

ActionSA is deeply disappointed by the response of the MEC of Education regarding the recent ban on registered vendors in Gauteng schools. For two weeks, these vendors, many of whom are elderly women striving to earn a living, were unfairly prevented and banned from selling food due to a food poisoning incident unrelated to them.

Today’s third-quarter GDP numbers reveal that agriculture and farming appear to have been abandoned by the GNU.

It seems very long ago, and many people might have forgotten this, but it was only back in 2016 when our country’s delegation to the United Nations (UN) abstained from voting in support of a resolution to appoint an independent watchdog on protection against discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

ActionSA has once again written to President Ramaphosa, urging him to protect the integrity of South Africa’s justice system by holding Minister Thembi Simelane accountable for mounting allegations of corruption that have made the Minister’s continued leadership of the justice department entirely untenable.