ActionSA supports the transformation of the country’s economy, and the need to build an inclusive economy where all South Africans can be genuine roleplayers, but South Africa’s experience over the past few decades has shown that this cannot be achieved through strict numerical targets set by the draft Employment Equity (EE) regulations.

ActionSA believes City of Tshwane Mayor Cilliers Brink should prioritise stabilising the city’s finances during his inaugural State of the City Address (SOCA) on Thursday, as well as announce plans to invest in strategic infrastructure such as the Rooiwal Wastewater Treatment Plant.

ActionSA believes South Africa’s sustained disastrously high unemployment rate – with the broad unemployment rate now at 42.4%, and the youth unemployment rate for those aged up to 24 years at a catastrophic 71.2% – highlights the urgent need for the government to change its approach to the economy and find new solutions to create jobs and lift people out of poverty.

ActionSA is deeply concerned about the recent unrest that has erupted across university campuses in the Western Cape. We recognise that the current turmoil is mainly related to funding and access to a safe, affordable, and conducive learning and housing environment.

ActionSA Youth Forum celebrates its first victory in the province after securing a seat in the Student Council at Mopani TVET College Sir Val Duncan Campus in Ba-Phalaborwa.

ActionSA is gravely concerned with the latest findings from the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS), released today by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA).

The Mayor of eMalahleni, Connie Nkalintshana, was attacked by eMalahleni residents for allegedly saying the community do not need electricity as they do not own refrigerators and that they don’t bath.

Johannesburg once again finds itself without a mayor behind the wheel of a city in desperate need of political leadership. 

ActionSA has written to Eastern Cape Premier, Oscar Mabuyane, to immediately resign following allegations that he fraudulently obtained his master’s degree from Fort Hare University.

This week, ActionSA will be engaging South Africans around the solutions needed to build a prosperous and inclusive economy that will create jobs for the almost 12 million unemployed South Africans. This forms part of our consultative policy development process ahead of our inaugural Policy Conference in September.

ActionSA believes the dramatic decline of the value of the South African Rand in the wake of allegations that South Africa supplied munitions to Russia, highlights the urgent need for foreign policy guided by economic pragmatism and respect for human rights, and macroeconomic polices that will ignite growth and job creation.

ActionSA calls on President Cyril Ramaphosa to urgently take the nation into his confidence over the allegations that the South African government supplied weapons to Russia amid its ongoing war against Ukraine.

Yesterday, ActionSA took a bold step towards finding answers in the tender award of the National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP) – which was awarded to Pacina Retail (Pty) Ltd –, by writing to the Acting Public Protector of South Africa, Adv. Kholeka Gcaleka, requesting an investigation into the matter, to which we received a speedy response, with the reference number: CMS – 1957 Mncwango (DoE).

ActionSA calls on the Orkney Magistrates Court to deny bail to ANC Councillor, Tebogo Sepale, when he appears in court on May 17 for his bail application.