The recent reports on Knysna Municipality’s financial and non-financial performance are extremely concerning. In the Quarter Four Report, tabled to Council on 31 July 2023, the Executive Mayor reported that “As at 30 June 2023 the commitments still exceed the cash and cash equivalents. The cashflow position remains a critical concern.” A warning in the report regarding the current ratios stated that “urgent and immediate intervention is required to ensure that a realistic and achievable financial turnaround strategy is developed and implemented with immediate effect.”

We, the undersigned political parties, come together at a time when South Africans are desperate for hope that can only come from a new political direction for our young democracy.

The ActionSA motion brought forth to the Speaker of the eThekwini Municipality, calling for the immediate insourcing of all security personnel by the Municipality will be debated during today’s council meeting.

The ActionSA motion brought forth to the Speaker of the eThekwini Municipality, calling for the immediate insourcing of all security personnel by the Municipality will be debated during today’s council meeting.

At an ANC Workers’ Day event in Barberton, Mpumalanga, the Secretary-General of the ANC, Fikile Mbalula, in the spirit of solidarity with the workers, made lofty and cruel promises to the families of the deceased miners.

ActionSA concluded a substantial public survey that during the month of July which sought to engage the views of South Africans towards the multi-party National Convention taking place tomorrow and Thursday in Kempton Park.

ActionSA Gauteng is extremely concerned about the ongoing violent, illegal and unprotected strike action by SAMWU which is placing the lives and livelihood of workers and residents in danger.

ActionSA will write to National Treasury requesting them to invoke Section 28 of the Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act, 2004, and in doing so, blacklist companies that have abandoned Free State’s capital projects.

Tomorrow, Tuesday 15 August 2023, the eThekwini Council Meeting at the Durban International Conventional Centre (ICC) will take place and the motion which we had submitted to the Speaker of the Municipality on the call for insourcing of all security personnel at the Municipality will be debated and we are calling on all parties to support this motion.

The political parties involved in negotiating a pre-election agreement to inaugurate a new government following next year’s election are pleased to announce that the Independent South African National Civic Organisation (ISANCO) is the latest political party to join this process.

ActionSA welcomes Parliament’s Section 194 Committee recommendation to have suspended Public Protector, Adv Busisiwe Mkhwebane, removed from office due to incompetence and misconduct during the course of her tumultuous tenure as evidenced by her myriad investigations.

South Africans have an unparalleled ability to make lemonade when their government continues to hand them lemons. Sometimes, however, our desperation to find hope in the hopeless sees us putting our faith in places that are undeserving of our belief.

ActionSA rejects with contempt President Ramaphosa’s ‘political solution’ to former President Zuma’s reincarceration, which has seen the release of 9,488 criminals back into society to save Zuma from serving further prison time.

Over 100 ActionSA members joined the Free World Initiative #WalkWithoutFear Night March in Olievenhoutbosch, Centurion on Wednesday, 09 August 2023 from 18:00 – 19:00.

The scandal surrounding Premier of the Eastern Cape, Oscar Mabuyane’s fake degree, has sent shockwaves through the academic community and sparked a nationwide debate on the prevalence of degree fraud, especially among senior politicians.