ActionSA condemns the further politicisation of the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA), an entity which has long been a source of patronage for the ANC Youth League (ANCYL). Yesterday’s meeting between NYDA Board Chairperson, Asanda Luwaca, CEO, Waseem Carrim, and ANCYL officials at Luthuli House serves as irrefutable confirmation of the dubious relationship between the ANC and the NYDA.

ActionSA on Tuesday concluded a successful meeting with the South African Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU) to help end the ongoing strike action in the City of Tshwane which negatively affects service delivery to all residents in the capital city.

This morning, South Africa woke up to the sad news of the passing of Zoleka Mandela, the grand-daughter of President Nelson and Mama Nomzamo Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and daughter to the late former Ambassador Zindzi Mandela, who passed away at the height of the COVID-19 Lockdown in July 2020.

ActionSA Joburg Caucus applauds the move by the Office of the Speaker of Council to refer MMC for Economic Development, MMC Nomoya Mnisi, to the Ethics and Disciplinary Committee.

A victory for ActionSA as the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) probe into the R295 million Rooiwal Treatment Plant tender corruptly awarded to ANC-connected businessman Edwin Sodi has been proclaimed.

ActionSA has taken note of the water shortage and restrictions throughout Gauteng, which have resulted in an eruption of protests as residents demand for their water to be restored.

Yesterday, we made good on a promise to school pupils, parents, teachers, and the school’s governing body at Corinth Senior Primary School located in rural uMzimkhulu Municipality.

The City of Johannesburg Council Programming Committee today rejected two of the ActionSA sponsored motions, including a motion to expropriate hijacked buildings and hand them to investors to convert them into affordable rental units.

ActionSA has written to the Head of water and sanitation in the eThekwini Municipality, Mr Ednick Msweli, after ward 35, in the northern part of eThekwini, has been left without water for a number of days.

ActionSA is gravely concerned about the lack of stability and job security plaguing the Department of Health in the Northern Cape.

The families of Pretty Nkambule, Yvonne Mnisi and Solomon Nyirenda have informed us that a meeting took place between Nkomazi Mayor, Phindile Magagula, Fikile Mbalula and Department of Minister Resources and Electricity (DMRE) officials yesterday at Nkomazi Municipality to which they [the family] were not invited. As such the family feels insulted as they meet to discuss the retrieval of the container without them.

ActionSA Calls on the eThekwini Metro Municipality to be transparent about the beach water quality tests that they have conducted, after deeming beaches open and safe for use.

ActionSA North West calls on ANC North West Chairperson and Acting Premier Nono Maloyi to update the residents on Premier Bushy Maape’s health, following his three months’ sick leave due to medical treatment.

ActionSA is deeply troubled by the continued bloodshed caused by callous and senseless shootings that have sadly become an all too frequent occurrence in Nelson Mandela. O

ActionSA is assisting residents in Kwa-Thema and Tsakane in Ekurhuleni – where service delivery protests have erupted after major failures by the metropolitan government with regards to water supply.