ActionSA urgently calls upon all health bodies in the Eastern Cape and all parents of prospective initiates to unite and ensure a safe and dignified initiation season.

ActionSA has today launched a petition, asking the 1.2 million unsuccessful Nasi Ispani applicants to support its appeal under the Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) in response to the provincial government’s decision to deny our request for access to the employment records of each person hired through the flawed program.

Yesterday, I communicated to the structures of Limpopo my resignation from the office I have held as the Limpopo Provincial Chairperson.

After a highly successful ActionSA engagement with Royal Leaders in Limpopo, the Limpopo Provincial Government sabotaged ActionSA’s royal leaders meeting in Capricorn this morning by calling a “crisis meeting” with royal leaders.

Open Letter by Michelle Wasserman, ActionSA Western Cape Provincial Chairperson to the Minister of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries Barbara Creecy.

ActionSA extends its deepest condolences to the families of the 11 mineworkers who died earlier this week after an accident at Impala Platinum’s Rustenburg operations involving the conveyance cage that takes workers underground and back to the surface. 

The Multi-Party Charter today hosted a constructive meeting with over twenty civil society organisations, which together represent a broad diversity of voices within South African society.

Today, I met with over 40 Royal Traditional Leaders in Vhembe East, Thohoyandou in Limpopo to listen to their concerns and issues faced and provide possible solutions.

ActionSA expresses its concern over the Free State Department of Human Settlements’ forfeiture of a staggering R600 million in unspent budget, which is set to be returned to the Treasury.

ActionSA rejects the decision made by the Office of the Premier in KZN to defund the KZN Growth Fund Trust (KZNGFT) for the Youth Empowerment Fund, slashing its budget by R100 million and redirecting it towards non-profit institutions.

ActionSA has filed a complaint with the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) against the Mpumalanga Department of Health after the department neglected to repair a cancer machine, originally costing only R87,000, since 2012.

The dysfunctional state of the Beitbridge Border Post between South Africa and Zimbabwe is emblematic of the lack of political will to tackle porous borders in South Africa.

ActionSA has today launched the first leg of its Nationwide Border Tour, starting with the country’s Northern Borders with Zimbabwe, to highlight how the ruling party has allowed the continued decay of the country’s borders leading to porous fences and dysfunctional border posts.

ActionSA expresses deep concern upon learning about the precautionary suspension of the Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Bradley Slingers, at the Northern Cape Department of Roads and Public Works. This action was taken in response to allegations of corruption, pending investigation.

ActionSA believes the return of load-shedding stage 6 barely a week after the national voter registration weekend highlights that the ruling party cannot be trusted when it promises to bring an end to rolling blackouts and that it is simply unable to fix the current energy crisis.