Campus shutdowns have come to define the commencement of the academic year at the University of Cape Town and true to tradition, the unfolding developments across campus are an exact repeat of the recurring challenges faced by the University and its students.

While Parliament spends this week debating President Ramaphosa’s State of National Looting announced last week, ActionSA will be embarking on a nationwide campaign to engage ordinary South Africans about our South African Dream. This is our vision for an inclusive and prosperous future where we have been freed from the ANC, allowing us to unlock the potential of our beloved country.

ActionSA confirms the resignation of Senator Dean Solomon, one of three Senators that represented the voice of the youth on our highest decision-making body. Solomon, a final-year student at Wits University, stepped down to focus on his studies.

Yesterday, Michelle Wasserman kayaked from Three Anchor Bay to the exit point of the Green Point sewage outfall, where she found islands of floating sewage, as well as sanitary pads, tampons and condoms.

The Coalition Oversight Group of the governing multi-party coalition in the City of Tshwane met yesterday evening to discuss the subject of the resignation of Mayor Williams.

ActionSA Tshwane warns residents of Tshwane on the new hijacking trend that is believed to be a syndicate in Tshwane. This syndicate targets house sellers who advertise their houses on property websites.

ActionSA is concerned that four years after the Gauteng Provincial Government promised to address the growing sinkholes in the community of Khutsong on the West Rand, the issue remains unchanged with a new sinkhole forming at Relebogile Secondary school in Khutsong South on Thursday morning.

ActionSA is disappointed but unsurprised that most of the respondents in the eThekwini sewage debacle have missed and simply disregarded the deadline to file answering affidavits for the court application enrolled for 27 February 2023, in the KwaZulu-Natal High Court.

ActionSA’s legal team has written to Water and Sanitation Minister, Senzo Mchunu, and his department to complete the Giyani Water Project in Limpopo where over R3 billion has been spent yet taps continue to run dry.

ActionSA denounces President Cyril Ramaphosa using his State of the Nation Address (SoNA) – the seventh of his presidency – to announce a National State of Disaster (SoD) and centralise power to his office. This is clear executive overreach and will undoubtedly open the state’s coffers to looting as we witnessed during COVID-19

ActionSA sends our sincere condolences to the families affected by the Turkey-Syria earthquake where close to 16,000 people have died, and several thousand more have been displaced.

ActionSA strongly condemns plans by the South African government to partake in a joint military exercise between Russia and China – formally known as Exercise Mosi II off the KwaZulu-Natal coast – where Russia’s infamous hypersonic Zircon missile is set to be tested.

The complete breakdown of waste collection in the Emfuleni Local Municipality in Sedibeng, Gauteng, is yet another reason why ActionSA is calling for the Municipal council to be dissolved.

ActionSA vows to continue placing pressure on the City of Ekurhuleni to address the scourge of hijacked buildings in the city, and the disconnection of illegal electricity and water connections to hijacked buildings.

ActionSA celebrates the removal of the investigating officer (IO) in Tony Kadzadi’s building hijacking matter in Ekurhuleni, after pressure from the party.