In what can be only described as a marathon case fraught with emotions, the High Court in Johannesburg today hammered the gavel and sealed the fate of the accused, Mark Brian Harvey.

ActionSA Gauteng together with ActionSA Joburg Region are deeply concerned and worried about the state of the province’s and municipal roads, particularly the dysfunctional traffic lights.

ActionSA calls on President Cyril Ramaphosa to immediately suspend the Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Dean Macpherson, pending the outcome of investigations into serious allegations of criminal and unethical conduct.

ActionSA is deeply disheartened by the continued delays in our joint litigation against the eThekwini Metro, which directly hinder efforts to hold the municipality accountable for its failure to provide basic services, by repairing sewerage infrastructure.

ActionSA will write to the Speaker and the Deputy President, requesting an urgent probe into Minister of Small Business Development, Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, for misleading Parliament in her submission of potentially manipulated or ghastly negligent and inaccurate information regarding ministerial travel expenditure, as requested in our parliamentary question.

ActionSA is deeply disappointed to witness the persistent rise in fatalities on South African roads. The annual festive season commute, which should be a time of celebration for thousands of South Africans, often ends in tragedy.

ActionSA calls on President Ramaphosa to suspend Minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, following the Hawks’ confirmation that they have referred a docket to the NPA involving allegations of fraud and corruption against the Minister.

ActionSA in Gauteng has learned with disappointment of an illegal scheme run and controlled by School Governing Bodies (SGBs) in low-income and no-fee-paying schools. These SGBs and school management have imposed a mandatory donation fee, typically ranging from R100 to R200, on parents in poor communities. Failure to pay this fee results in children being denied access to schoolbooks, many of which are provided free of charge by the provincial government.

ActionSA expresses its full support of the City of Tshwane’s decision to challenge the South African Local Government Bargaining Council (SALGBC) ruling to reinstate five suspended officials linked to the irregular awarding of the Rooiwal tender. This decisive action underscores the City’s commitment to accountability, integrity, and a zero-tolerance approach to corruption.

ActionSA calls for the immediate suspension of the principal of Port Alfred High School, who allegedly sexually harassed a teacher, and the dismissal of the Eastern Cape MEC for Education as the two-year cover-up continues to deny justice to the victim and leaves the school under the ongoing leadership of a predator.

ActionSA Joburg Caucus notes with dire concern the omission of vital recommendations on the report tabled in council to ratify the appointment of the Acting City Manager, Tshepo Makola.

Nearly nine years ago, on 5 February 2016, a container with three mine workers – Pretty Nkambule, Yvonne Mnisi, and Solomon Nyirenda – collapsed through an implosion at the Lily Mine, in Mpumalanga, taking all three innocent lives with it. To this day, their remains have not been recovered, and their families continue to endure the anguish of being unable to provide them with a dignified burial so that they can reach closure.

While ActionSA welcomes the announcement by the Premier to insource security guards, cleaners, kitchen, and garden staff at new healthcare facilities, we cannot celebrate it.