ActionSA rejects the decision made by the Office of the Premier in KZN to defund the KZN Growth Fund Trust (KZNGFT) for the Youth Empowerment Fund, slashing its budget by R100 million and redirecting it towards non-profit institutions.
ActionSA has filed a complaint with the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) against the Mpumalanga Department of Health after the department neglected to repair a cancer machine, originally costing only R87,000, since 2012.
The dysfunctional state of the Beitbridge Border Post between South Africa and Zimbabwe is emblematic of the lack of political will to tackle porous borders in South Africa.
ActionSA has today launched the first leg of its Nationwide Border Tour, starting with the country’s Northern Borders with Zimbabwe, to highlight how the ruling party has allowed the continued decay of the country’s borders leading to porous fences and dysfunctional border posts.
ActionSA expresses deep concern upon learning about the precautionary suspension of the Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Bradley Slingers, at the Northern Cape Department of Roads and Public Works. This action was taken in response to allegations of corruption, pending investigation.
ActionSA believes the return of load-shedding stage 6 barely a week after the national voter registration weekend highlights that the ruling party cannot be trusted when it promises to bring an end to rolling blackouts and that it is simply unable to fix the current energy crisis.
ActionSA is deeply alarmed and condemns, in the strongest terms, the irresponsible dumping of health waste allegedly by the Gauteng Department of Health on open land opposite the FNB Stadium.
ActionSA is surprised at the irony, if not hypocrisy, of Premier Oscar Mabuyane accepting an invitation to deliver an academic lecture in honour of the late His Royal Highness, King Sabata Dalindyebo’s 5th memorial lecture in at the KSD TVET College in Mthatha this evening.
ActionSA is deeply disturbed by the ongoing sewage crisis in Motherwell (Gqeberha), particularly in Ward 54, where residents are facing dire living conditions.
ActionSA Joburg Caucus notes with great concern the impasse between the City of Johannesburg, security officers and cleaners over insourcing.
ActionSA welcomes the move to temporarily suspend Kopanong Mayor, Xolani Tseletsele, for allegedly insulting a civilian for complaining on social media about potholes in Jagersfontein.
ActionSA has made the decision to submit an application in terms of the Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) to the eThekwini Metro Municipality after the City Manager, Mr Musa Mbhele, and the Speaker of the Municipality, Mr Thabani Nyawose.
ActionSA has written to Ekurhuleni Mayor Ngodwana, once again requesting him to urgently make wholesale changes to his Mayoral Committee to save the City from total collapse.
ActionSA believes the slight reduction of 59 murders which took place between July and September this year compared to the same period last year is nothing to celebrate as it still amounts to 77 murders taking place in South Africa every single day.
Remarks by ActionSA’s Limpopo Premier Candidate, Kgoshi Letsiri Phaahla after his announcement as the Premier Candidate.
