Just this past week we commemorated Human Rights Day and World Water Day and it is important to remember the communities across the Western Cape who are denied their most basic human rights to dignity, health, physical security, and equality because municipalities continue to fail in their duty to provide residents with basic sanitation
ActionSA is extremely disappointed that at yesterday’s Council sitting, the ANC- EFF coalition in the City of Johannesburg chose to vote against the motion that sought to eradicate the bucket toilet system in underprivileged communities in the City.
ActionSA will refer City of Johannesburg Speaker, Colleen Makhubele, to Council’s Ethics Committee for her failure to attend and preside over two council meetings when she chose to attend to her internal squabbles.
ActionSA notes with concern the deafening silence of President Cyril Ramaphosa as the Ugandan Government passes an Anti-Homosexuality Bill, which expands on the criminalisation of same sex acts between individuals that may consequently lead up to 10 years imprisonment.
ANC infighting in the Free State Capital continues to push the metro into further disarray and the residents have to shoulder the burden of poor service delivery. That the municipality is not under administration beggars’ belief.
In a recent social media post, eThekwini Metro Municipality Mayor, Mxolisi Kaunda, announced that the city can confirm that a sum of R1.5 billion has been granted to the Municipality for the sole purpose of fixing infrastructure that was damaged during the April 2022 floods.
ActionSA in the Western Cape has lodged a complaint of hate speech with the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) against the DA Speaker of the Cederberg Municipality, John Hayes.
ActionSA believes the unwillingness of South African law enforcement to investigate the circumstances around the arrest of Tony Kadzadi – an illegal immigrant allegedly involved in the illegal hijacking of property in Primrose, Ekurhuleni – is an indictment of our criminal justice system.
The multi-party coalition in the City of Tshwane condemns in the strongest terms the conduct of Tshwane Speaker Ndzwanana who ended the council meeting to elect the Mayor of the City of Tshwane.
The multi-party coalition in the City of Tshwane met last night and has reported back on all measures to ensure that the coalition is restored to its full strength ahead of today’s election of the Executive Mayor.
Following our first democratic elections in 1994, South Africa adopted a constitution founded on human rights and dignity for all South Africans.
Today saw the first day of proceedings in the landmark joint legal action instituted against the Department of Mineral and Energy Resources, the Department of Public Enterprises, and the Government of the Republic of South Africa, over Eskom’s failure to provide South Africa with a stable energy supply.
ActionSA is pleased to announce that it has concluded its candidate selection processes following a full review of its PR list in the City of Tshwane.
The multi-party coalition in the City of Tshwane has walked out of Council following the refusal of the Speaker to act on the requirement to remove terminated former Councillors from the chambers.
