By the time you read this, we would have buried Dr. Ezrom Mathumbu, ActionSA’s Bohlabela Regional Chairperson, who died last Wednesday in a hail of assassin’s bullets as he was traveling home from doing party work.
According to Tshwane Automotive Special Economic Zone (TASEZ)’s monthly progress report for November 2024, 5 538 construction jobs have been acquired, of which 3 702 are reportedly for residents of the City of Tshwane.
ActionSA notes with serious concern the false and deliberately misleading claims contained in the Democratic Alliance (DA)’s recent press statement, which alleges that ActionSA, alongside other parties, is “pushing forward on the renaming of Sandton Drive”.
ActionSA has noted with grave concern the manner in which the City of Johannesburg is treating its service providers.
ActionSA notes with outrage the alleged misuse of public funds in the DA-led Fezile Dabi District Municipality, where over R6 million was reportedly spent to drill just six boreholes, one of which was allegedly placed in the municipal manager’s backyard.
ActionSA welcomes the South African Human Rights Commission’s (SAHRC) commitment to officially launch an investigation into the ongoing medication shortages in KwaZulu-Natal’s public healthcare facilities.
ActionSA rejects, with reservations, the anti-poor Adjustment Budget tabled in Council today.
ActionSA unequivocally rejects the proposed 1 percentage point increase in VAT—0.5 percentage points this year and 0.5 next year—as well as the hidden tax increase caused by the failure to adjust personal income tax brackets for inflation.
City of Johannesburg Chairperson of Environment and Infrastructure Services Department (EISD), Cllr Vhengani Munyayi applauds the establishment of Service Delivery Cluster.
We are gathered here today as we celebrate this important service delivery achievement for the people of Olivenhoutbosch with the completion of 447 new housing units.
In completing these houses, we have provided the bulk infrastructure necessary to turn these houses into homes.
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.
