ActionSA calls for an immediate extension of the deadline to allow for a properly managed, phased rollout of the new payment cards, ensuring no SASSA grant recipient is left without access to their desperately needed grants.
The Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) is barely able to function, shackled by a complete lack of basic resources and operational support. Officers are being set up for failure while the leadership within the department turns a blind eye to their daily struggles.
ActionSA will be writing to the Minister of Electricity and Energy, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, and Eskom Chairperson, Mteto Nyati, to demand urgent consequence management and accountability at Eskom.
ActionSA has tabled a motion in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature to urgently address the pressing issue of malfunctioning traffic lights and deteriorating road infrastructure in the province.
ActionSA finds it entirely unacceptable that while critical service delivery departments in the City of Johannesburg struggle with inadequate office equipment, vital assets at the Metro Centre are left to deteriorate, be stolen or vandalised.
Anyone watching us, South Africans, from outside would be forgiven for thinking that we’re a strange lot. It doesn’t seem to take much for us to move from seriously bickering amongst ourselves to uniting in order to celebrate a victorious sports team or artist returning home with a trophy.
The ANC, EFF, ActionSA, ACDP, AIC, DOP, PA, PAC, ATM, and GOOD – commend the City of Tshwane for the significant progress made in its first 100 days under the leadership of the multi-party coalition government.
ActionSA has written to KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thami Ntuli, demanding immediate and decisive action to address the province’s catastrophic medication shortages, which have resulted in inadequate healthcare services.
ActionSA proudly celebrates the remarkable progress achieved by the Tshwane multi-party coalition under the leadership of Dr Nasiphi Moya, whose decisive action plan in just over 100 days has set a new standard for governance, delivering on key priorities to improve service delivery in South Africa’s Capital City.
Remarks by ActionSA Parliamentary Leader, Athol Trollip MP during today’s parliamentary debate on the casualties incurred by the SANDF in the DRC.
ActionSA strongly condemns the Free State Provincial Government’s blatant financial mismanagement, which has resulted in the disconnection of electricity to key government buildings by CENTLEC due to unpaid bills.
ActionSA will be writing to the Minister of Employment and Labour, Nomakhosazana Meth, demanding urgent intervention in the rampant corruption and mismanagement plaguing the Compensation Fund and the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF).
Just three days ago, ActionSA and various other political, religious, and community formations joined the Nkambule, Mnisi, and Nyirenda families to commemorate the 9h anniversary of the Lily Mone tragedy. Also present was a representative of the local Chief, HRH Prince TS Dlamini, who passionately related the prince’s frustration over lack of progress in the retrieval of the container so that the bereaved families can finally start the journey towards closure. He also described the misleading duplicity by politicians and mine owners, as well as their lack of will to do what is right.
Yet again, President Cyril Ramaphosa has failed to seize the moment. His State of the Nation Address was nothing more than a rehash of empty promises — white papers, strategies, websites, new funding models, and grand plans or rather more plans about plans.
Trade, Industry, and Competition Minister Parks Tau’s proposal for yet another “transformation fund” has reignited a long-standing debate about the effectiveness of South Africa’s Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) framework.
