ActionSA wrote to National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza, as well as Deputy Speaker Dr Annelie Lotriet, to request that Parliament investigate and hold accountable those responsible for the Lily Mine Tragedy of 5 February 2016 where three miners Pretty Nkambule, Yvonne Mnisi and Solomon Nyirenda tragically passed away. We have furthermore informed the Public Protector as well as the South African Human Rights Commission that we have engaged the National Assembly Speaker to escalate the matter

ActionSA will write to The Hawks requesting that, in light of new information emerging from the former VBS chairperson’s explosive affidavit, they investigate Julius Malema and Floyd Shivambu’s alleged involvement in the VBS Mutual Bank scandal.

After extensive deliberation and careful consideration, ActionSA’s Senate has made the decision to terminate the membership of Mr Mzwakhe Mbatha and Mr Sizwe Mokoena, after their public dispute was brought to the attention of the organisation.

ActionSA expresses concern about the latest Global Trade Update Report released by the UN Trade and Development Agency, which paints an incredibly bleak picture for South Africa’s merchandise trade due to the country’s deteriorating economic infrastructure particularly roads, rail and ports.

ActionSA has written to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) to request that the NPA must charge both former Gauteng Health MEC, Qedani Mahlangu, and former Gauteng Mental Health Head, Dr Makgabo Manamelaand, following yesterday’s long-overdue Life Esidimeni inquest judgment handed down by the Pretoria High Court.

ActionSA welcomes the Life Esidimeni Inquest judgment, finally bringing the loved ones of the 144 mental health patients who suffered horrific deaths at the hands of a system that failed to protect them, closer to justice.

ActionSA is concerned though not surprised by the manifestly parochial appointment by the multi-party government of the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) to a signatory party to the “Statement of intent” of the multi-party government, thereby breaking the established and objective convention that the SCOPA is chaired by a member of an opposition party.

ActionSA extends a warm welcome to the newly elected Mayor of eThekwini, Vusumuzi Cyril Xaba. We hope that Mayor Xaba will faithfully uphold his oath of office and serve the residents of eThekwini with integrity, dedication, and transparency.

ActionSA has once again rejected the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) R2.5 billion loan, which we believe constitutes a costly and frankly negligible debt burden to residents for the next 15 years.

ActionSA welcomes the designation of ActionSA Parliamentary Caucus Leader, Athol Trollip MP, to the Judicial Service Commission (JSC).

The City of Tshwane has won an award for municipalities that have managed to reduce Unauthorised Irregular Fruitless and Wasteful Expenditure (UIFW) at the SALGA Awards.

ActionSA wishes to confirm that both members from the Newcastle Region, namely, Mzwakhe Mbatha and Sizwe Mokoena, are suspended from the party pending the outcomes of ongoing investigations and disciplinary processes.

As the newly appointed Home Affairs Minister, Leon Schreiber’s first act was to extend temporary concessions for foreign nationals’ visas, along with public statements outlining priorities for improving work visa processes, ActionSA implores the Minister to address the urgent crisis of illegal immigration with equal vigour and make it a top priority.

ActionSA’s Senate has approved a proposal for the Party to chair the Standing Committee on Public Accounts nationally, and in the provinces in which ActionSA has won representation.

ActionSA notes the long-overdue announcement of the Gauteng Provincial Executive, following a more than two-week delay, and believes the newly appointed cabinet led by Panyaza Lesufi, represents a mere continuation of the same old politics that has brought South Africa’s economic hub to its knees.