After a mediation session today with the eThekwini Metro Municipality’s representatives, to attempt to find a way forward for the city and its residents who have severely suffered the effects of dysfunctional and dilapidated sewage infrastructure, ActionSA firmly believes that a mediation with the Metro will not resolve eThekwini’s sewage crisis.
The multi-party coalition has taken back leadership of the City of Tshwane following the successful election of Cilliers Brink as Mayor of Tshwane.
ActionSA Limpopo, over the weekend, launched 9 branches across the province. This adds to the 135 already established branches that have been launched over 10 months, since May 2022, when I was announced chairperson of this province.
The Miss Mpumalanga Beauty Contest has been embroiled in allegations of corruption to the tune of R4.5 million every year for the past 12 years which would amount to a total in excess of R50 million.
On the 26th of April 2023 ActionSA Eastern Cape will be marching to the Provincial Legislature in Bhisho to present the Premier, Oscar Mabuyane, with a petition about the actual state of the province. As a new political party that has yet to contest Municipal, Provincial or National elections in this Province we are not yet represented in any councils, the legislature or parliament and this is our only platform to engage the Provincial government on the issues we have encountered and have to deal with since our official establishment in the Province in March 2022
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.
