On the 17 of April, the Public Protector acknowledged ActionSA’s complaint against the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) and the South African Post Office (SAPO).
ActionSA notes with great concern that eThekwini Metro has recorded the highest tariff increases compared to other metropolitan cities for the new financial year starting on 1 July 2023.
ActionSA notes renewed calls for those responsible for the looting of the Venda Building Society (VBS) be held accountable and punished for their sins that saw hundreds of poor South Africans losing their money in what is known as the biggest bank heist in South Africa.
ActionSA is extremely concerned that community activist Loyiso Nkohla was possibly killed for his work to reopen the railway line in Philippi, Cape Town, by groups who seek to keep the railway line closed.
ActionSA believes the postponement of the bail application of the alleged Ekurhuleni serial rapist, who is facing 145 charges including rape, kidnapping and sexual offences, highlights how the criminal justice system lets down victims of crime in South Africa.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed a new board at the SABC, which has been operating without a one for nearly six months. And now, due to pressure from South African civil society and pending legal action, the public broadcaster has a new board.
The ANC-EFF coalition of doom deliberately collapsed a City of Johannesburg Council programming committee meeting this morning where ActionSA’s motion of no confidence (MONC) in Mayor Thapelo Amad was set to be tabled when they failed to attend the meeting.
ActionSA welcomes the ruling of the Bloemfontein Magistrate’s Court that Dr Nandipha Magudumana and her co-accused, former G4S employee, Senohe Matsoara, and Teboho Lipholo be remanded in custody until their appearance for a bail hearing on 3 and 4 May 2023.
ActionSA Students’ Chapter wins big at Tshwane North College Student Representative Council (SRC) elections.
ActionSA is devastated to learn that approximately 5400 schools in the province of KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) were without food due to tender irregularities, after the Department of Education in the Province awarded a single individual a multi-million Rand National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP) tender to supply food to schools across the province, forcing learners to starve on their first day back to school upon returning from Easter Holidays.
ActionSA today visited the community of Kliptown to provide residents with feedback on the motion we tabled in the City of Johannesburg Council in March which asked the city’s Executive to develop a bucket toilet eradication plan for all informal settlements. However, the motion was blocked by the ANC-EFF coalition, with some insisting that there are no bucket toilets in Johannesburg.
It is as disappointing as it is unsurprising that the people of Giyani will have to wait another year, if not longer, to receive their basic human right to water after the Department of Water and Sanitation asks them to wait yet another year after 4 missed deadlines over 9 years.
Due to ANC’s infighting, Mangaung has no Mayor and no City Manager. Just last week a Speaker was elected from the Democratic Alliance, an opposition party. This points to a leadership crisis in the metro and this comes at the expense of service delivery.
The kaNyamazane Clinic in Mpumalanga has been turning communities away from its doors for the past few months. The clinic staff has cited shortage of medication as the primary reason for this.
ActionSA has learned of how scores of sickly and elderly grant recipients have been repeatedly and unfairly turned away from the Mdantsane branch of the South African Post Office.
