ActionSA welcomes the suspension of Cape Town Mayoral Committee Member for Human Settlements, Malusi Booi, following the recent raid by SAPS’s Commercial Crimes Unit in the offices of the City, as part of the police’s investigation into fraud and corruption.

This morning, Gauteng Provincial Chairperson Funzi Ngobeni, National Chairperson Michael Beaumont and National Spokesperson Lerato Ngobeni, laid criminal charges against two individuals sent by the Defence of People (DoP) political party who attempted to bribe our councillor to vote for the ANC-led opposition.

ActionSA is dismayed that the provincial budget for the 2023/24 fiscal year provided nothing new and continues to ignore the plight of the people of the Eastern Cape.

ActionSA is concerned that Gauteng Premier, Panyaza Lesufi, is forging ahead with a plan to provide an emergency button (e-button) to the more than 16 million people living in the province at a time when police already fail to respond to emergency calls.

ActionSA President Herman Mashaba writes an open letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa on behalf of ActionSA and all law-abiding South African citizens to urge the President and his government to show leadership and prevent the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) from plunging South Africa into anarchy with their proposed national shutdown.

ActionSA cautiously welcomes the newly appointed MECs, the majority of whom have minimal experience.

ActionSA is extremely concerned about the near double-digit increase in the Gauteng provincial crime statistics which paints the picture that the province is emerging as the rape capital of the country.

ActionSA unequivocally condemns the Economic Freedom Fighters’ threats of a “national shutdown” on the 20th of March.

ActionSA is pleased to announce that Funzi Ngobeni will assume the role of Gauteng Provincial Chairperson following the departure of Bongani Baloyi.

Following meetings held between ActionSA President and Bongani Baloyi, it has been mutually agreed that ActionSA and Baloyi will go their separate ways.

ActionSA is concerned that Acting Public Protector, Adv Kholeka Gcaleka’s preliminary report into the Phala Phala burglary is fatally flawed on account that it clears President Ramaphosa of wrongdoing.

ActionSA welcomes the decision by the City of Tshwane multi-party coalition to nominate ActionSA’s own Kholofelo Morodi to become Speaker of the City’s Council.

The Northern Cape Province, under the poor leadership of the ANC, is starting the year with a R150 million deficit for the 2023/2024 financial year.

ActionSA’s Senate met last night and voted to terminate the membership of Nkele Molapo who was believed to be, in part, responsible for coordinating with some of our councillors who do not support the multi-party Coalition’s decision to support the vote for a new coalition mayor in the City of Tshwane.

Leaders of the eThekwini Metro Municipality never miss an opportunity to demonstrate why it has become a matter of urgency to remove them and the African National Congress (ANC) as governing party of the Municipality, after splurging a whopping R3.6 billion in overtime in the last five years, while its people sit in limbo without services.