We call upon President Ramaphosa to take the strongest form of action against what looks certain to become a refugee and security crisis in South Africa. This must take the form of President Ramaphosa insisting on joint military intervention involving the SANDF, with the mandate of SADC and the AU. Deployments to our border regions must also be increased.
Yesterday afternoon, 25 March 2021 at 15h00, I was invited to meet with opera singer Sibongile Mngoma and other disgruntled artists and creative arts practitioners involved in the peaceful sit-in that began on 3 March 2021 at the National Arts Council (NAC) in Newtown.
Yesterday, ActionSA responded to a call by residents of Kempton Park in the City of Ekurhuleni to witness yet another service delivery nightmare in an area where people live in bonded homes.
Yesterday, ActionSA responded to a call by residents of Kempton Park in the City of Ekurhuleni to witness yet another service delivery nightmare in an area where people live in bonded homes.
Recent news that Johannesburg residents will experience water shedding in addition to load shedding, despite the Vaal Dam overflowing, is an indictment on the infrastructure renewal programme of the City of Johannesburg.
As promised during our first visit earlier this month with the Mamelodi families whose children tragically drowned at an unattended quarry, we returned for the second visit with our Lily Mine legal team from Mkhabela Huntley Attorneys Inc. led by senior council Wendel Bloem to finalise plans to pursue legal action against those responsible for this gross negligence.
Makhura’s government has played politics with the lives of the residents of Emfuleni who live without a government in towns that are falling apart, infrastructure that has collapsed and services that do not exist any longer.
This issue has progressively gotten worse since 2005 and reached a height of media attention in 2017. Despite this, nothing has been done that has improved the situation for the residents of Hammanskraal and Rooiwal.
The following remarks were delivered by ActionSA President, Herman Mashaba, during a visit to the Sharpeville Memorial in commemoration of Human Rights Day. Mashaba was accompanied by National Director of Operations, Funzi Ngobeni; Gauteng Provincial Chairperson, John Moodey; ActionSA Interim Senate Member, Chief David Tembe and ActionSA Emfuleni Leadership Team.
This issue has progressively gotten worse since 2005 and reached a height of media attention in 2017. Despite this, nothing has been done that has improved the situation for the residents of Hammanskraal and Rooiwal.
This year’s commemoration of Human Rights Day will mark 61 years since the fatal events that took place on 21 March 1960 in Sharpeville where 69 unarmed protestor’s fighting for human rights were shot and killed by the Apartheid police.
