On 19 August 2021, convicted serial criminal, parolee and suspect in the Lily Mine families’ protest settlement Kaizer Gwebu finally appeared before the Low’s Creek Periodical Court in Barberton after having absconded on 29 July 2021.
South Africans should be outraged at the election of Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula as Speaker of the National Assembly – a failed Minister of Defence who could not lead the Security Cluster in ensuring the safety and security of the people of this country and our economy when what appears to be members of her own party launched a violent campaign of violence and looting who has, for all intents and purposes, been demoted upwards
In response to over 30 inaccurate billing receipt complaints by residents of Tshwane amounting to over a million Rand, ActionSA led a picket this morning in protest of the City’s inaccurate billing system. Affected residents of Tshwane feel failed by the City’s collection department.
The Executive Mayor of Ekurhuleni, Mzwandile Masina’s government is failing the residents of the City.
On Monday 16 August 2021, ActionSA’s Councillor Candidates in the Joburg Inner City, Prince Mohlala and Khomotjo Mashala, demonstrated what decisive action in ensuring the safety of students residents, businesses, and other ratepayers, by forcing the South African Police Service and officials from the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa to conduct an in-loco inspection of the Doornfontein Metrorail Station that has been looted to the point of near-collapse.
The members, led by ActionSA’s Ward Councillor Candidate, Tshepo Mposula, came to the aid of family after hearing their unanswered pleas for assistance. Under Mposula’s leadership the members marshalled the necessary resources to rebuild and furnish the house, enabling us to hand it back to the family, fully reconstructed.
The elusive Mayor of Newcastle, Cllr Ntuthuko Mhlaba, who is finally due in court following a barrage of charges including theft and assault must step aside. Since his brief appearance on 26 July 2021, he has continued to perform his Mayoral duties, to the detriment of the office that he currently occupies.
Hichilema, a businessman prior to entering politics, faces the mammoth task of re-setting the button and turning one of the world’s poorest countries’ economic outlook on a more positive trajectory.
It is a matter of public record that, like his counterparts in the Cities of Johannesburg and Tshwane, the Mayor contracted Covid-19 in early July, of which the residents we were properly informed. However, it appears the Mayor has since taken the opportunity, occasioned by his mandatory Covid-19 isolation, to further isolate himself from his responsibilities to the residents of Ekurhuleni. This is unacceptable.
