The Finance Committee Chairperson in the City of Johannesburg, Cllr Mpumi Edward, together with Cllr Steven Nkonyeni and other Councillors, embarked on a fact-finding mission to the abandoned sewerage project at the corner of Khumalo and Mtipa Street, Orlando West.
As South Africa faces a deepening fiscal crisis, ActionSA has uncovered undeniable evidence of government waste, an astounding R169.3 million (and counting) spent on ministerial travel between July 2024 and January 2025 alone.
ActionSA is appalled, yet unsurprised, that the Northern Cape Provincial Government has once again failed its residents by returning a staggering R93 million to National Treasury.
To honour Ezrom’s life ActionSA will pick up the baton he left us. We will engage the Police in Mpumalanga to ensure that your family receives justice. We will continue campaigning – as ActionSA members and community activists – for safer streets and we will lead the fight for a government that is tough on criminals and kind to law abiding South Africans.
As Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana prepares for his second attempt at presenting the 2025 Budget, much focus has been placed on expert recommendations for addressing the R60bn shortfall—an alarming gap that was initially proposed to be filled by a two-percentage-point VAT hike, which was rejected by members of the Executive.
ActionSA’s tour of several previously neglected sites in the City of Tshwane today reveals ongoing improvements in service delivery across the City’s regions.
Following the meeting of the Gauteng Community Safety Portfolio Committee, ActionSA welcomes the 6% reduction in crime in the province.
ActionSA notes the Public Protector’s progress update, confirming that the investigation is progressing and that the investigating team has received responses from both the President and Minister Simelane, who is the subject of our complaint regarding her so-called R575,000 ‘loan’ from VBS-linked Gundo Wealth Solutions.
ActionSA is deeply concerned by the escalating levels of crime in Ward 121 (Lawley 2 Ext 8 site), City of Johannesburg. We call on an urgent intervention from the Gauteng Department of Community Safety.
ActionSA calls on Ithala SOC, a state-owned development finance institution, to publicly disclose all outstanding loans granted to politically exposed individuals.
ActionSA is outraged by the killing of its Bohlabela Regional Chairperson, Dr. Ezrom Mathumbu. We know things have descended to totally unacceptable lows when we get forced to move from discussing best approaches to delivering services to our communities to fearing violent attacks.
ActionSA Ekurhuleni Youth Forum is deeply concerned about the dire situation tacing students at the Ekurhuleni West College (EWC).
ActionSA Ekurhuleni councillors Tumelo shabalala and Solly Klaas conducted an oversight visit at HP Mokoka Library in Daveyton following reports that the library has been closed for a period of a year.
The latest GDP figures confirm what South Africans already know – our economy is stagnant, unemployment remains unacceptably high, and poverty and inequality persist.
ActionSA is deeply alarmed by the worsening sinkhole crisis in Ward 8, Khutsong, and calls on the Gauteng Provincial Government to act with urgency before this disaster claims lives.
