ActionSA extends its deepest condolences to the family, friends, classmates and the entire Evimbilanga Primary School community following the tragic death of Sizolwethu Prince Shezi (10), a Grade 4 learner.
Johannesburg’s refuse collection crisis is no longer an inconvenience. It has become a public health emergency and another reminder that residents are paying the price for years of political incompetence.
Today, the Tshwane Council deliberated upon in-committee reports pertaining to two disciplinary cases relating to the senior managers, the Group Chief Financial Officer, Gareth Mnisi, and the Municipal Manager, Johann Mettler.
The closure of Dickon Hall Foods in Johannesburg should send shockwaves through every level of government. It is far more than the loss of a manufacturing plant.
ActionSA has uncovered yet another damning example of the collapse of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF).
The latest written reply from the Gauteng MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs confirms that government’s much-publicised plan to tackle hijacked buildings has fallen behind its own commitments.
The continued inability to conclude disciplinary matters is undermining the credibility of the City of Ekurhuleni. Residents have witnessed suspended officials drawing full salaries while disciplinary processes are left pending indefinitely.
ActionSA Gauteng Youth Forum is deeply concerned by allegations of the mismanagement of millions of rand at the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA), which have reportedly resulted in incomplete artisan training programmes and broken promises to young South Africans.
ActionSA demands that the Bushbuckridge Local Municipality explain the sudden suspension of recurring electricity interruptions in several communities after residents endured regular scheduled outages for an extended period.
ActionSA Johannesburg MMC Candidate for Public Safety, Marcel Coutriers, calls on the City of Johannesburg to take immediate action on unlawful dumping on a wetland in Cosmo City.
ActionSA is deeply appalled, though regrettably not surprised, by the blatant failure of consequence management and the systemic protection of corrupt and negligent officials within the Gauteng Department of Health.
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.
