ActionSA congratulates the appointment of our own Peggy de Bruin as the Member of the Mayoral Committee responsible for Social Development in the City of Tshwane, and Alderman Hannes Coetzee as the MMC responsible for Economic Development & Spatial Planning.
The multi-party coalition has filed petitions signed by a majority of councillors in the City of Tshwane calling for a motion of no confidence in the Speaker to be heard on 12 April and for a meeting to table the adjustment budget for 2022/23 and the draft budget for 2023/24 on 13 April 2023.
It’s been over 15 years and South Africa’s most expensive mental health hospital, that is in our backyard, is still not fully capacitated to serve the people of Kimberly, Galeshewe and many other surrounding areas.
ActionSA North West welcomes the arrest of a former Municipal Director at Moses Kotane Local Municipality who was arrested for fraud in connection with allegations that she received salaries for two government jobs.
ActionSA’s Ekurhuleni Caucus will today vote against a motion of no confidence in the City of Ekurhuleni Mayor Tania Campbell in line with our commitment to keeping the ANC and EFF coalition out of power. As well as avoiding the installation of one-seat party mayors who serve at the behest of the ANC and EFF as seen in the City of Johannesburg.
South Africans are bombarded daily with news of horrendous crimes committed without consequence, despite the severe impact these crimes have on our lives.
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.
