ActionSA believes President Cyril Ramaphosa should use his Opening of Parliament Address on tomorrow evening to announce concrete steps about how the grand coalition plans to grow the economy and create jobs. After 30 years of democracy, the lives of most South Africans have simply gotten worse, and therefore urgent interventions are necessary to bring change to our people.
ActionSA expresses outrage that South Africa’s prisons have effectively become taxpayer-funded holiday resorts, where criminals live in what appears to be carefree abandon without any constraint or consequences, despite being incarcerated for harming society.
ActionSA welcomes Basic Education Minister, Siviwe Gwarube’s announcement of her intention to request that President Cyril Ramaphosa halts signing the flawed Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill and refers it back to Parliament.
ActionSA will now write to the Prudential Authority, as the designated body responsible for supervising financial institutions, to request an investigation into allegations that WesBank engaged in discriminatory conduct by overcharging black clients.
ActionSA rejects the cheap labelling of our unambiguous declaration, made during yesterday’s Home Affairs Budget Vote debate, that the crisis of illegal immigration demands urgent intervention, as xenophobia.
On Friday, 12th July 2024, we had a critical meeting with Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) workers in the eThekwini Metro Municipality.
President Cyril Ramaphosa didn’t appoint a minister for the intelligence services when he announced the national cabinet last week.
ActionSA rejects the proposed budget cuts to the South African Revenue Service (SARS), as we believe they will adversely impact its ability to effectively collect revenue and perform its mandate, potentially affecting the overall fiscal balance sheet.
ActionSA wrote to National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza, as well as Deputy Speaker Dr Annelie Lotriet, to request that Parliament investigate and hold accountable those responsible for the Lily Mine Tragedy of 5 February 2016 where three miners Pretty Nkambule, Yvonne Mnisi and Solomon Nyirenda tragically passed away. We have furthermore informed the Public Protector as well as the South African Human Rights Commission that we have engaged the National Assembly Speaker to escalate the matter
ActionSA will write to The Hawks requesting that, in light of new information emerging from the former VBS chairperson’s explosive affidavit, they investigate Julius Malema and Floyd Shivambu’s alleged involvement in the VBS Mutual Bank scandal.
After extensive deliberation and careful consideration, ActionSA’s Senate has made the decision to terminate the membership of Mr Mzwakhe Mbatha and Mr Sizwe Mokoena, after their public dispute was brought to the attention of the organisation.
ActionSA expresses concern about the latest Global Trade Update Report released by the UN Trade and Development Agency, which paints an incredibly bleak picture for South Africa’s merchandise trade due to the country’s deteriorating economic infrastructure particularly roads, rail and ports.
ActionSA has written to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) to request that the NPA must charge both former Gauteng Health MEC, Qedani Mahlangu, and former Gauteng Mental Health Head, Dr Makgabo Manamelaand, following yesterday’s long-overdue Life Esidimeni inquest judgment handed down by the Pretoria High Court.
ActionSA welcomes the Life Esidimeni Inquest judgment, finally bringing the loved ones of the 144 mental health patients who suffered horrific deaths at the hands of a system that failed to protect them, closer to justice.
ActionSA is concerned though not surprised by the manifestly parochial appointment by the multi-party government of the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) to a signatory party to the “Statement of intent” of the multi-party government, thereby breaking the established and objective convention that the SCOPA is chaired by a member of an opposition party.
