ActionSA believes that the City of Johannesburg Speaker, Colleen Makhubele’s decision to delay ActionSA’s Motion of No Confidence (MONC) in Mayor Kabelo Gwamanda at the programming committee is a clear attempt to protect the mayor from accountability.

The Mayor of eMalahleni Municipality, Connie Nkalintshana, has been booted out by the ANC Nkangala Regional Committee.

ActionSA believes the Financial Sector Conduct Authority’s (FSCA) confirmation that the City of Johannesburg’s Mayor, Kabelo Gwamanda’s funeral scheme was not registered, and therefore illegal, obviates the need for a motion of no confidence (MONC) against him.

ActionSA believes the Alexandra Massacre of 18 June 1976 deserves recognition for the contribution it made in helping to bring an end to Apartheid in South Africa and helping to usher in a democratic dispensation.

ActionSA believes South African Youth should honour the legacy of those who died in the 1976 student uprising by registering to vote in the upcoming 2024 elections to remove the ANC and put South Africa back on a path of prosperity.

ActionSA welcomes the announcement by our Coalition to blacklist the joint venture of CMS, NJR and Blackhead Consulting and its sole owner, ANC-connected and Gupta-related, Edwin Sodi, to ensure that they can no longer do business with the state for a period of 5 years.

Following a High Court judgment of 07 June 2023, which found that the ANC-led Knysna Municipal Council’s resolutions that Londiwe Sotshede be appointed as Acting Chief Financial Officer and that Luvuyo Loliwe be appointed as Acting Director of Corporate Services were “unlawful, ultra vires and null and void”, ActionSA has written to the Municipal Manager of Knysna Municipality, demanding confirmation that no salaries will be paid to either Sotshede or Loliwe in the future, and particularly not on the next ordinary payday on 25 June 2023.

ActionSA has written to the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) to lodge a complaint about the closure of a school on KwaZulu-Natal’s South Coast.

A recent visit to Springfontein typified just how bad things have become in our towns across the country.

After a couple of postponements of both the State of the City Address (SOCA) and the Mid-Term Budget Presentation, ActionSA supported the passing of the City of Johannesburg’s adjustments budget.

Public policy experts, economists and academics encouraged ActionSA to consider expanding private participation in the economy through public-private partnerships and expanding infrastructure investment to ignite economic growth in South Africa.

This after a group of US lawmakers lobbied the White House to move the upcoming AGOA summit away from South Africa as a step towards the country losing its AGOA status

ActionSA welcomes the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment’s finding that the public participation process conducted by the City of Cape Town

ActionSA welcomes the election of Jackie Mathabathe as our City of Tshwane Caucus Leader, and Siyanda Makhubo as our City of Ekurhuleni Caucus Leader after internal elections took place.

The passing away of Clive Barker marks one of the darkest moments in the short life of our democratic dispensation.