Yesterday, DIRCO issued a public advisory urging South Africans currently in Iran to register with the South African Embassy in Tehran and to remain in close contact with consular officials.

One year ago, ActionSA decided not to join the grand coalition, dubbed the Government of National Unity (GNU), comprised of the ANC, the DA, IFP and others.

Today, we commemorate Youth Day, a moment etched in the heart of our nation’s history and a powerful reminder of the role young people have played in shaping South Africa’s democracy.

ActionSA is appalled by the revelations that the Gauteng Department of Education is transferring debt burdens to schools, leaving the already-struggling parents to cover over R300 million debt.

ActionSA welcomes the recent initiative by the City of Tshwane to mandate the insourcing of quantity surveyors and architectural services within its Department Economic Development and Spatial Planning.

ActionSA is concerned that after fruitlessly spending over R1bn on the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into State Capture, the government is about launch another process that is reportedly going to cost at least another R1bn.

In the heart of South Africa lies Mpumalanga, a province brimming with natural beauty, economic promise, and untapped human potential.

Nine years ago, during a public visit to Alexandra Township as part of the Democratic Alliance (DA)’s 2016 campaign trail, I was told about the plight of the family of the late Jappie Vilankulu, a young man who had been killed by apartheid police on June 17, 1976.

With the GNU having been in office for one year this week, and ahead of ActionSA’s evaluation of the GNU’s performance next week, I engaged young South Africans in the streets of the inner city of Joburg about their perceptions of change in the country under the GNU.

Infrastructure development is a crucial cog in any economy, more so in the context of the sluggish economic growth, housing backlog, inadequate facilities in healthcare and educational institutions that Gauteng is faced with.

Remarks by ActionSA’s Member of the Standing Committee on Finance, Alan Beesley MP, during the National Assembly’s consideration of the 2025 Fiscal Framework, held today at the CTICC.

ActionSA extends its heartfelt condolences to the families of the nine people who tragically lost their lives following heavy rains and flash floods that swept across the OR Tambo District in the Eastern Cape.

As South Africa approaches the one-year anniversary of the formation of the Government of National Unity (GNU), ActionSA has launched a series of engagements to mark this milestone by listening to the lived experiences of South Africans from all walks of life.

ActionSA has noted the tabling of a motion of no confidence against the Speaker in the City of Tshwane by the Democratic Alliance as a desperate bid to destabilise a city that is starting to demonstrate progress and stability.

ActionSA once again reaffirms its urgent call for the protection and continued operation of the Skukuza Regional Court, a critical institution in the fight against wildlife crime in South Africa.