Remarks by ActionSA’s KwaZulu-Natal Premier Candidate, Zwakele Mncwango after his announcement as the Premier Candidate.

ActionSA rejects the decision made by the Speaker of the eThekwini Municipality, Mr Thabani Nyawose, to rule against the tabling of our motion to remove the Durban International Convention Centre (ICC) Board.

ActionSA is gravely concerned about thousands of matric learners, who since the matric exams started, have been subjected to studying with flashlights and candles due to the on-going loadshedding crisis.

ActionSA welcomes the resolution of the African National Congress (ANC) to finally appoint four substantive mayors at different municipalities in the province, which have been under the custody of temporary executives since the 2021 local government elections.

ActionSA has written to the Speaker of Mbombela Municipality to refer the EFF councillor to Ethics Committee after he has been accused of extorting R6 million from a contractor that is currently building the Mpumalanga Parliamentary Village.

The Mangaung Metro is on the verge of forfeiting R 200 million unutilised conditional grants to the Treasury, should this happen, it will be for the second time after the Metro, in April, forfeited R75 million.

ActionSA has achieved great and promising results as its support has doubled in the City of Tshwane Ward 64, Rooihuiskraal by-elections, growing from 11.9% in the 2021 municipal elections to 23.4% and achieving great success, finishing in second place.

ActionSA is increasingly angered by the scourge of crime that continues to ravage Nelson Mandela Bay, and we are deeply concerned about the lack of effective action taken to address this deepening crisis.

ActionSA welcomes the approval of a 300-bed Safe-Space Homeless Shelter in Cape Town, marking an end to the suffering of 300 individuals who would otherwise have languished on the streets.

The outcome of the by-elections in Ward 64 in the City of Tshwane, where ActionSA grew support from 11.9% in the 2021 municipal government elections to 23.4% on Wednesday, highlights how ActionSA is the only political party that can win support in both suburban and township communities.

ActionSA is outraged that a whooping R38 million was spent on a so-called call centre operating out of a prefabricated structure at the struggling Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality in Vryburg.

ActionSA welcomes the arrest of former Lepelle-Nkumpi Municipal Manager, Thabo Ben Mothogoane, former CFO, Rosina Mangaka Ngoveni, and a Director of STG Financial Solutions, Thapelo Molathlegi.

ActionSA will write to President Cyril Ramaphosa requesting that he task the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to probe the bombshell allegations that three Cabinet Ministers that serve at his pleasure conspired to solicit a staggering R500 million in bribes, with Employment and Labour Minister, Thulas Nxesi, prominently identified as the first among the trio which includes Minister of Finance, Encoh Godongwana, and Minister of Higher Education and Science and Technology, Dr Blade Nzimande.

ActionSA has made the decision to write to the Speaker of the eThekwini Municipality, Mr Thabani Nyawose, requesting that he ensures that the findings of the City Integrity and Investigation Unit (CIIU) report be made available to councillors in time for tomorrow’s council meeting, Thursday, 09 November 2023.

ActionSA has lodged a complaint against Mpumalanga Department of Health with the Public Protector for the unfinished R1.4 billion Middelburg Hospital.