Remarks by ActionSA President Herman Mashaba at the unveiling of the party’s election posters outside the Carlton Centre Hotel in Johannesburg today.

The budget presented by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana today is uninspiring and continues with the misguided spending priorities of the uncaring ruling party.

ActionSA is adamant that Finance Minister, Enoch Godongwana, should not seek to raise any taxes when he makes his budget speech this afternoon as consumers are already battling with a cost-of-living crisis in South Africa.

Over the past 2 years ActionSA has built structures across all nine provinces of our country with branches now in over 45% of the wards of the country, under the leadership of credible provincial leadership.

The disastrous fourth quarter unemployment statistics indicate that unless South Africans change their national government in the upcoming elections, the country will further go down a path of unemployment and economic decline.

When Finance Minister, Enoch Godongwana, delivers his budget speech on Wednesday, he should prioritise the universal funding of higher above bailing out failing SOEs.

Last night, Premier Alan Winde’s State of the Province Address fell short of outlining a clear plan to critically address the decline in local governance and service delivery in the Western Cape.

As anticipated, Gauteng Premier, Panyaza Lesufi, used his State of the Province Address (SoPA) to deliver empty promises and make false proclamations of progress.

As Premier Alan Winde prepares to deliver his SoPA, ActionSA hopes that he will reflect on whether he has taken adequate measures to meaningfully reverse the downward spiral gripping municipalities in the province

In keeping with our zero-tolerance approach to corruption, we have written to the Auditor-General (A-G) of South Africa requesting a real-time audit to be conducted on all 25 companies listed on KwaDukuza Municipality’s panel for roads rehabilitation.

This morning, ActionSA Gauteng Provincial Chairperson, Funzi Ngobeni delivered his alternative State of the Province address.

ActionSA has repeatedly expressed its concern about the collapse of the Knysna Municipality, the consequences of which have resulted in thousands of households suffering without access to water among other dire outcomes.

The release of the third-quarter crime statistics by Police Minister, Bheki Cele, shows that South Africans simply no longer trust the South African Police Service (SAPS) to solve crime, and therefore do not make the effort to report crimes to the police service.

At a meeting last night, it was brought to ActionSA’s attention that the Referendum Party had applied to join the MPC.

ActionSA conducted an oversight visit to the Kusile Power Station yesterday, Thursday, 15 February 2024.