ActionSA has once again rejected the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) R2.5 billion loan, which we believe constitutes a costly and frankly negligible debt burden to residents for the next 15 years.
ActionSA welcomes the designation of ActionSA Parliamentary Caucus Leader, Athol Trollip MP, to the Judicial Service Commission (JSC).
The City of Tshwane has won an award for municipalities that have managed to reduce Unauthorised Irregular Fruitless and Wasteful Expenditure (UIFW) at the SALGA Awards.
ActionSA wishes to confirm that both members from the Newcastle Region, namely, Mzwakhe Mbatha and Sizwe Mokoena, are suspended from the party pending the outcomes of ongoing investigations and disciplinary processes.
As the newly appointed Home Affairs Minister, Leon Schreiber’s first act was to extend temporary concessions for foreign nationals’ visas, along with public statements outlining priorities for improving work visa processes, ActionSA implores the Minister to address the urgent crisis of illegal immigration with equal vigour and make it a top priority.
ActionSA’s Senate has approved a proposal for the Party to chair the Standing Committee on Public Accounts nationally, and in the provinces in which ActionSA has won representation.
ActionSA notes the long-overdue announcement of the Gauteng Provincial Executive, following a more than two-week delay, and believes the newly appointed cabinet led by Panyaza Lesufi, represents a mere continuation of the same old politics that has brought South Africa’s economic hub to its knees.
ActionSA welcomes the Public Protector’s report into the mismanaged construction of Mayibuye Primary School, which not only saw taxpayer funds wasted but also persistent delays caused by negligence by the Gauteng Provincial Government, denying the Tembisa community access to the much-needed school for years.
ActionSA rejects the unjustified new electricity service charges imposed on Johannesburg residents by City Power following a Council sitting where ActionSA was outvoted, leading to the adoption of these senseless charges in April 2024.
ActionSA expresses outrage at yet another botched announcement of the Gauteng Provincial Cabinet, which appears to be a troubling continuation of self-interested horse trading that has all but paralysed the critical work of the provincial government.
ActionSA has formally written to the MEC for Education, Mr. Sipho Hlomuka, regarding the alarming issue of non-payment to the National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP) Service Providers Association over the past three months.
ActionSA in Ekurhuleni is concerned after reports of a whole new tranche of allegations against Julius Mkhwanazi have emerged. Last year, Mkhwanazi returned to work in October after an investigation into him giving blue lights to his friends was mysteriously dropped.
Tonight’s announcement by President Ramaphosa of a bloated and compromised cabinet is a bad first impression for this new grand coalition and any intention of bringing meaningful reform to the politics that was voted out by a majority in this election.
ActionSA welcomes the decision to invoke of Section 154 of the Constitution in the eThekwini beleaguered Municipality, however, we do not believe that this move will resolve issue in the City.
ActionSA is thrilled by the City of Tshwane’s council decision to adopt the outcomes of the feasibility study on the insourcing of security guards and cleaners.
