As South Africans prepare to take to the streets tomorrow, ActionSA calls on every marcher to demonstrate, through peaceful and lawful conduct, that the legitimate concerns about the sovereignty of South Africa deserve to be heard.
ActionSA notes with deep concern the threat by the Minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana, to halt the transfer of funds to the City of Johannesburg and to invoke Section 216(2) of the Constitution.
The efforts by the opposition DA in Tshwane to sensationalise standard governance reports dealing with allegations levelled against Municipal Manager, Johann Mettler, should be called out for what it is – politricking.
The court has found Cllr Xolani Khumalo not guilty on all charges, confirming that justice has prevailed.
Following yesterday’s shambolic appearance by the Board of the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) and the Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, Sindisiwe Chikunga, before Parliament’s Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa), ActionSA will be writing to President Cyril Ramaphosa to demand urgent intervention.
On 17 June 2016, during the commemoration of the late Alexandra youth activist Japie Vilankulu, the first young person to be brutally killed by the Apartheid Police during the 1976 youth uprising.
ActionSA is seriously concerned following the City of Cape Town’s loss of its clean audit status, exposing how DA Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis is leading the city backwards.
The ActionSA Gauteng Women’s Forum welcomes today’s proceedings in the matter concerning the rape and murder of 84-year-old Koko Mmaneli of Ramotse Village.
ActionSA extends its deepest condolences to the families of all councillors and candidates who tragically lost their lives over the voter registration weekend.
ActionSA is appalled by the decision of the Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Dean Macpherson, to institute legal proceedings against Parliament after being found guilty of breaching the Code of Ethical Conduct over racist and classist remarks.
ActionSA has uncovered a shocking housing crisis in Ekurhuleni, where millions of rands have been spent while hundreds of deserving residents remain without homes.
ActionSA has received a distressing complaint from workers employed by contractors appointed by Johannesburg Water, who allege that they have not been paid for weeks due to ongoing payment failures involving the City of Johannesburg, Johannesburg Water, and contracted service providers.
ActionSA is deeply disappointed, but not surprised by the decision of the Speaker of the National Assembly not to oppose the President’s attempt to evade accountability.
On Friday, during my interview with Bongani Bingwa on 702, I was once again confronted with a reality that deeply troubles me: 32 years into democracy, many South Africans are being labelled xenophobic, intolerant, and even criminal simply because they are demanding that the laws of this country be enforced.
