ActionSA is deeply saddened and outraged by the destruction of a family home in Siyathuthuka Enkanini in Belfast, Ward 1, after what appears to have been a catastrophic failure by the Emakhazeni Local Municipality Fire and Rescue Services.
ActionSA calls on the Ekurhuleni City Manager, Kagiso Lerutla, to effect immediate termination of the employment of suspended Ekurhuleni Deputy Chief, Julius Mkhwanazi.
ActionSA condemns the latest display of ANC patronage masquerading as public service in the Limpopo Department of Public Works and Infrastructure under MEC Tony Rachuene.
ActionSA is deeply concerned by the continued suspension of 24-hour services at Verena Community Clinic, which has left thousands of residents without access to emergency primary healthcare during the night.
South Africans have grown accustomed to a political culture where appointments are based on loyalty, factionalism and political patronage, instead of competence.
Following the proceedings at the Madlanga Commission, I must clarify that I never received classified documents under the door of my parliamentary office.
ActionSA notes with serious concern the decision by the ANC, Patriotic Alliance (PA), and Al Jama-ah to abstain from the vote to appoint an evidence leader for Parliament’s Section 89 impeachment inquiry into President Cyril Ramaphosa.
ActionSA’s MMC Candidate for Finance, Mpumi Edward, has expressed serious concern over the continued disruption of services at Joburg Water’s Newtown Head Office, following another protest by unpaid contract workers.
ActionSA has today introduced the Blacklist Corrupt Suppliers Bill, a Private Member’s Bill that seeks to close one of the most significant enforcement gaps in South Africa’s public procurement system by ensuring that suppliers implicated in corruption and serious procurement misconduct are swiftly excluded from doing business with the state.
ActionSA condemns the Government’s decision not to sanction South Africa’s High Commissioner to India, Anil Sooklal, after photographs emerged showing him alongside former President Jacob Zuma and fugitive Ajay Gupta.
ActionSA has today submitted a formal letter to the Executive Mayor of the Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality, Cllr. Motseokae Sense Maje, and Municipal Manager, Mr Itumeleng Ronald Jonas, calling for immediate intervention into the prolonged water crisis affecting communities across Greater Taung.
For too long, Gauteng politics has been dominated by what happens in Johannesburg, Tshwane and Ekurhuleni.
ActionSA welcomes the High Court judgment interdicting the suspension of Tshwane Municipal Manager, Mr Johann Mettler.
ActionSA remains concerned that illegal mining continues to threaten critical water infrastructure in the City of Mbombela, following the municipality’s warning that illegal mining activities at the Rimers Creek Water Treatment Plant have disrupted raw water abstraction and posed a risk to the quality and reliability of Barberton’s water supply.
Sim Tshabalala’s recent Business Day article has reignited an important debate about immigration and economic growth. His argument is straightforward: countries that make it harder for people to move, invest and work ultimately pay an economic price.
