It is with great elation that, on the day of the resumption of the VBS case today at the Gauteng North High Court, a parliamentary finding from the Ethics Committee that confirms allegations related to high-ranking officials from the EFF in the VBS case is finalised.

Yesterday, ActionSA conducted a  follow-up site visit with City of Cape Town officials in Kraaifontein.

ActionSA has written to the head of the City Integrity and Investigation Unit (CIIU), Mr Thulani Ntobela, requesting that he launches an immediate investigation into the irregular use of public funds to pay for ANC party activities.

ActionSA has written to the City of Johannesburg Member of the Mayoral Committee (MMC), Dr Mgcini Tshwaku, to urgently respond to allegations that coloured Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) traffic wardens were not considered for permanent appointment on the basis of their race. 

During yesterday’s meeting of the City of Tshwane Council it became clear that the DA and ActionSA have different ideas of how to deal with strike action that has crippled service delivery for nearly three-months.

The oversight visits by ActionSA to Mamelodi and Soshanguve highlighted how service delivery in townships in the City of Tshwane has come to a near standstill with refuse not being collected for weeks.

ActionSA, over the next few days, will write to the Speaker of Council to urgently convene a special council meeting to debate the financial status of the city, which is currently on the precipice of financial ruin.

ActionSA welcomes the long-anticipated approval from The MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) Ms Bongiwe Sithole-Moloi for the removal of murder-accused Mzimuni Ngiba, a former ward 101 councillor in the eThekwini Municipality.

ActionSA conveys our condolences to the Pahad family and his political home, the African National Congress for the loss of Former Foreign Affairs Deputy Minister Aziz Pahad who passed away yesterday at the age of 82.

The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) has failed to respond to ActionSA’s application in terms of the Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) within the legislatively mandated 30 days to gain access to the report into whether President Cyril Ramaphosa’s failure to disclose the foreign currency, which was stolen at his Phala Phala farm in 2020, was indeed unlawful.

This afternoon, ActionSA laid criminal charges against the Ngwathe Municipal Manager, Fikile Malunga, requesting SAPS to investigate the Municipality for contravening the Water Services Act by failing to prevent pollution from Tokoloho and Sungat Sewer Pump Stations which flows into the Vaal River in Parys contaminating the water.

Following several extensions granted by ActionSA, the City of Tshwane, EFF and the Speaker of Tshwane Council, have failed to file papers opposing our application to have the conduct of Tshwane Speaker declared unlawful.

The National Development Plan (NDP) Review Report – which shows that the government has failed to address most of its targets to deal with unemployment, poverty, and inequality – highlights the urgent need for political change in South Africa.

ActionSA mourns the tragic loss of life in the Western Cape following the devastating floods that ravaged the Province over the long weekend.

ActionSA condemns the further politicisation of the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA), an entity which has long been a source of patronage for the ANC Youth League (ANCYL). Yesterday’s meeting between NYDA Board Chairperson, Asanda Luwaca, CEO, Waseem Carrim, and ANCYL officials at Luthuli House serves as irrefutable confirmation of the dubious relationship between the ANC and the NYDA.