Since Wednesday the 19th of February 2025, residents in almost all the wards in Roodepoort, not only had to deal with inclement weather conditions, flooding and badly repaired potholes opening again, but they also experienced vast outages in their areas.
ActionSA in the Merafong Region is deeply alarmed by the growing pattern of mismanagement, corruption, and blatant disregard for public funds in healthcare infrastructure projects across the region. We demand accountability for those implicated.
It’s beyond clear that the Johannesburg Property Company (JPC) has completely lost control of the buildings they’re supposed to manage. Their negligence has transformed critical public safety offices into something out of a dystopian nightmare. The state of facilities housing the Johannesburg Metro Police Department (JMPD) and Emergency Management Services (EMS) is an absolute disgrace and a direct slap in the face to the officers who risk their lives daily.
ActionSA has submitted an urgent motion in the eThekwini Metro under Section 22(1) of the Rules of Order By-Law to demand urgent accountability and intervention regarding the failed Go! Durban project, which has cost taxpayers R9 billion yet remains a white elephant eight years after its scheduled launch in 2016.
The Western Cape High Court was recently the scene in which the future of party funding transparency held centre stage. The application brought by My Vote Counts seeks to remove the donation disclosure threshold of R100,000 (making every donation disclosable), and reducing the annual limit on donations by a donor to a political party.
ActionSA is outraged by the disgraceful state of the Matsulu Stadium, which remains incomplete and unusable despite a significant budget allocation years ago.
ActionSA strongly condemns the proposed reinstatement of Matjhabeng Local Municipality Mayor, Councillor Thanduxolo Khalipa and reiterates our long-standing call for a full investigation into the municipality’s finances and governance. This decision, despite serious allegations of financial mismanagement and maladministration, would underscore the culture of impunity that continues to undermine service delivery in the Free State.
ActionSA strongly condemns the ongoing invasion of Mpumalanga by illegal foreign nationals who have no regard for our laws, our borders, or our resources. The latest arrests of sixteen illegal foreigners near Waterval Boven are yet another example of how South Africa has become a free-for-all for foreign criminals while the ANC government turns a blind eye.
As Premier Panyaza Lesufi prepares to deliver the State of the Province Address (SOPA) on Monday, 24 February 2025, ActionSA calls for a comprehensive update on the critical interventions he previously promised to address Gauteng’s growing crises.
ActionSA is deeply concerned about the dire state of the Rosettenville Clinic. The clinic is currently serving 70% foreign nationals with its limited resources.
ActionSA has uncovered yet another sickening display of government excess, this time by the Minister of Human Settlements, Mmamoloko Kubayi, her deputy, and their staff, who have burned through a staggering R16 million on travel while millions of South Africans remain homeless.
ActionSA is dismayed at the lack of proper infrastructure, ablution facilities and furniture as well as overcrowding at the Eqinisweni Secondary School, in Ivory Park, and calls for an immediate intervention from the Gauteng Department of Education.
ActionSA remains deeply concerned that, while aggravated contact crimes between October and December 2024 have shown a slight year-on-year decrease compared to 2023, South Africa remains unsafe, with rampant criminality continuing to go largely unchallenged, as crime trends upward from the previous quarter.
ActionSA can reveal that the Government of National Unity (GNU) has already squandered over R141 million on travel expenses in six months—and that’s just from half the ministries and the Deputy President.
ActionSA condemns the parochial political attack on SARS Commissioner Edward Kieswetter.
