ActionSA welcomes the sentence handed down today by the Bloemfontein Magistrate Court against Johan Cloete.

The City of Tshwane Section 70 Committee on Municipal Public Accounts (MPAC) has successfully ensured that Council adopts Treasury Circulars which are critical in the fight against unauthorized, irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure.

ActionSA notes, with concern, the recent explosion at the Klaarwater substation in Pinetown which occurred last night.

ActionSA is pleased that the Tshwane City Council has finally passed the report on the forensic investigation into the appointment of the contractor to undertake the refurbishment of the Rooiwal Wastewater Works.

An article published on IOL online this afternoon has maliciously suggested that I may leave ActionSA – the political party that I founded to Fix South Africa. Nothing could be further from the truth and this is nothing more than dishonest and malicious reporting (published without comment being sought) that I will be personally addressing with IOL and the press ombudsman until it is retracted with a full apology.

ActionSA will tomorrow, Wednesday 12 October, lay criminal charges of bribery against senior leaders of the Democratic Alliance (DA) including its KZN Provincial Chairperson, Dean Macpherson, for attempting to bribe an ActionSA councillor from Newcastle.

In echoing the communication by the chair of council, Ms Babalwa Ngonyama, there is no greater priority at present but to secure the functionality of our institution. We believe that the reversal of Council’s decision would be a step in the right direction towards stabilising governance at the University. 

ActionSA has launched a consultative dialogue with residents across Gauteng Province to inform the Party’s approach to coalition governments moving forward.

The uninspiring changes to newly elected Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi’s executive indicate the ANC’s dedication to using public coffers for personal gain while abandoning a commitment to service delivery to the Province’s most vulnerable.

Mpumalanga Premier, Refiloe Mtshweni-Tsipane’s cabinet reshuffle resulting in the appointment of Mandla Msibi to the position of MEC for COGTA is a shame.

It must never be forgotten that the two Mayors of Vhembe District Municipality and Lepelle Nkumpi Municipality who were elevated to the Limpopo Executive Council were both fired by Premier Stan Mathabatha some time ago for unlawfully investing a combined total of R450 million in VBS.

ActionSA has written to Western Cape MEC for Local Government, Anton Bredell, requesting a Section 106 investigation into suspected maladministration taking place in Knysna Municipality.

ActionSA concluded a Senate meeting yesterday which was dedicated exclusively to discuss the future of coalitions.

ActionSA welcomes the news of the arrest of four suspects charged in the Molopo Magistrates’ Court over dubious multimillion-rand SA Express contract.