The results of two by-elections which ActionSA contested yesterday demonstrate that ActionSA is growing at the expense of the ANC, and reveal critical momentum ahead of what is shaping to be a seismic local government election next year.
ActionSA expresses deep concern over the ongoing delay in the release of South Africa’s crime statistics for the first quarter (Q1) of the 2025/26 financial year.
As an ActionSA Cllr, I have opened a criminal case against the eThekwini Municipality, case number 173/10/2025, following yet another incident of illegal dumping of highly toxic sewage sludge in Mt Moreland, this time carried out by contractors operating under the municipality’s authority.
Today marks exactly a year since Mayor Moya’s multi-party coalition government was sworn into office, marking a new chapter for the City of Tshwane and her residents.
ActionSA expresses concern by the recent conduct of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) ahead of the by-election taking place in Ramotshere Moiloa – Ward 7, North West.
ActionSA is gravely concerned by credible reports and recent comments made by the University’s Vice Chancellor suggesting that the recent vandalism and destruction at the University of Fort Hare form part of a broader attempt to delay or derail the release of the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) findings into academic fraud at the institution.
ActionSA is deeply concerned that the Road Accident Fund (RAF) – responsible for compensating victims of road accidents – is completely insolvent, with unrecorded liabilities of more than R500 billion.
Recently, during the Mpumalanga Investment and Mining Conference, Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa promised that load reduction in Mpumalanga would come to an end within the next 12 months.
After nearly two years of challenging the ANC’s debt settlement agreement with Ezulweni Investments, ActionSA has now obtained the confidential agreement and can confirm that it breaches the provisions of the Political Party Funding Act.
When I read News24’s article titled “The Eastern Cape is broken: 7 municipalities at risk of collapse within a month,” I wasn’t shocked, I was angry.
Public service is not a privilege — it’s a duty. As South Africa faces a local government crisis, It’s time to redefine what true leadership and fitness to govern really mean.
ActionSA welcomes confirmation from the Office of the Public Protector that it has formally launched an investigation into systemic maladministration by the Presidency, National Treasury and Accounting Officers for their failure to act on corruption referrals made by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU).
ActionSA notes the contradictory accounts between Parliamentary testimony and the Gauteng Provincial Government’s continued defence of its Crime Prevention Wardens (Amapanyaza).
ActionSA condemns, in the strongest possible terms, the acts of destruction and vandalism that have taken place at the University of Fort Hare, one of South Africa’s most historic and respected institutions of higher learning.
ActionSA takes note of a pledge made by ex-DA Mayor Cilliers Brink to “finish Hammanskraal clean water project and take on water tanker mafia”. Based on (the lack of) steps taken by Brink to address these urgent issues when he was DA-Mayor of the City of Tshwane from March 2023 to October 2024, this pledge carries little meaning.
