The Northern Cape Province, under the poor leadership of the ANC, is starting the year with a R150 million deficit for the 2023/2024 financial year.

ActionSA’s Senate met last night and voted to terminate the membership of Nkele Molapo who was believed to be, in part, responsible for coordinating with some of our councillors who do not support the multi-party Coalition’s decision to support the vote for a new coalition mayor in the City of Tshwane.

Leaders of the eThekwini Metro Municipality never miss an opportunity to demonstrate why it has become a matter of urgency to remove them and the African National Congress (ANC) as governing party of the Municipality, after splurging a whopping R3.6 billion in overtime in the last five years, while its people sit in limbo without services.

ActionSA takes note of media articles relating to the discussions between ActionSA President Herman Mashaba and Bongani Baloyi.

ActionSA rejects the suggestion by ANC Secretary-General, Fikile Mbalula, that sanctions against Zimbabwe should be scrapped and that the United States (US) is attempting to spark a regime change in the country through opposition leader, Nelson Chamisa.

The deplorable condition of the schools in the Eastern Cape has yet again claimed the life of an innocent three-year-old. ActionSA has learnt that a three-year-old child drowned inside a school pit latrine toilet in Lady Frere, in the Cacadu district.

ActionSA is concerned about the repeated delays to the court proceedings for Tony Kadzadi, an illegal immigrant allegedly involved in the illegal hijacking of property in Primrose, Ekurhuleni.

ActionSA submitted a motion to the office of the Speaker in the City of Tshwane to investigate whether the municipality can take over the supply of electricity to former homeland areas located within the city.

ActionSA is extremely concerned about the ongoing strike action by the National Education, Health and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu) which is placing the lives of patients, doctors and other healthcare workers in danger.

In a statement issued by the Police yesterday, Brigadier Motlafela Mojapelo states that, “Tolly Mashamaite, aged 47 and Bafhundzi Mhlabisi aged 63, were arrested in Mokopane yesterday on Monday 06 March 2023. They appeared in Mokopane Magistrate Court today and were remanded in custody”.

ActionSA notes the statement by SARS Commissioner, Edward Kieswetter, regarding the tax compliance of President Ramaphosa and his companies, but this does not negate the legitimate concerns over the non-disclosure of the cash stolen from the Phala Phala farm.

South Africa’s 1.3% Gross Domestic Product (GDP) decline in the fourth quarter affirms ActionSA’s conviction that the South African economy cannot grow under the ANC’s economic, political and social mismanagement of our country.

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s long-awaited cabinet reshuffle is underwhelming at best, demonstrating the dearth of talent in the ruling party.

ActionSA is outraged by the criminal behaviour of EFF Councillors in the City of Tshwane, including its Regional Chairperson, Obakeng Ramabodu, who trespassed on a private venue today, disrupted polygraph tests being conducted with ActionSA Councillors and stole the polygraph equipment.

ActionSA is in full support of South Africa’s LGBTQIA+ community and their right to equality as part of an inclusive society and will work to ensure that they are included and protected within all spheres of society.