ActionSA notes the sharp decline in tourist numbers in eThekwini during the festive season with deep concern. This does not only have major negative impact on the city, but also to small and big businesses as they would’ve undoubtedly felt the pinch.
Sunday, 5 February 2023 will mark 7 years since the disastrous tragedy of the collapse of Lily Mine that led to the lamp room container trapping Yvonne Mnisi, Pretty Nkambule and Solomon Nyirenda inside.
eThekwini Mayor, Cllr Mxolisi Kaunda, allegedly enjoyed his last festive season holidays at Cape Town beaches, while allowing holiday makers to swim in E.coli infested beaches in eThekwini.
ActionSA will write Gauteng MEC for Education, Matome Chiloane, as well as City of Tshwane Utilities MMC, Daryl Johnston, to urgently address delays in fixing dilapidated infrastructure at Selang Primary School in Kudube, Hammanskraal.
As part of our pre-SoNA campaign, ActionSA will for the next week crisscross South Africa to highlight issues with unequal access to quality education facing communities across the country and engage with South Africans to find solutions for the country’s education crisis.
The sudden removal of Mxolisi Siyonzana the Executive Mayor of Mangaung Metro Municipality is a clear demonstration of inherent political strife and skirmishes within the ANC.
ActionSA’s paradoxical anticipation of the Eastern Cape’ matric results for the class of 2022 is characterised by hope and angst. On the one end we are encouraged by the historical improvement in the matric pass rate (from 56.8% for the class of 2015 to 73% for the class 2021), yet on the other end angst rears its ugly head when we think about the current state of education in the province.
ActionSA will write to Nelson Mandela Bay Mayor, Retief Odendaal, to request that he expedite inner city rejuvenation in Qqeberha as well as declare war on hijacked buildings to provide social housing to the most vulnerable in the area.
ActionSA’s intervention in Leeu Gamka, a town in the Western Cape’s Central Karoo District, has saved parents of learners who attend the no-fee Bastiaanse Secondary School, from having to pay for books and hostel admission fees.
Ahead of President Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) on 9 February, ActionSA is launching a public engagement campaign to seek the views of all South Africans about the solutions needed to fix our country.
On behalf of ActionSA, I hereby send our most sincere condolences to the Ginwala Family upon the passing of Dr Frene Ginwala’s passing.
ActionSA’s intervention was successful in preventing parents from paying for books in 25 no-fee paying public schools in Nkomazi area (Khulangane and Malelane Circuits) in Mpumalanga.
As a matter of priority, the Gauteng Government should expedite the investigation into the Boksburg explosion to provide closure to people who were injured and the families of the 40 people who sadly passed away.
South Africans are already battling high inflation, declining public services and escalating food prices, but will now receive the news that they are to face an exorbitant 18.6% increase in the price of electricity while in the grips of stage 6 load shedding.
The silence and lack of action by Democratic Alliance (DA) leadership in the matter relating to their Ward Councillor (Cllr) from Newcastle, Ms Connie Hariram, is cause for concern and creates the impression that racism is not taken seriously 29 years after the dawn of democracy.
